“Pig cholera” changed its name from “Pig fever” today. February 5 4:17
Until now, the legal Japanese name for the infectious disease of swine "CSF" was "porcine cholera", but will change to "porcine fever" from 5th in accordance with the enforcement of the revised law.
CSF, a so-called swine cholera, was confirmed in Gifu Prefecture in September, and since then it has spread to pigs and wild boar in 14 prefectures in total, and more than 160,000 pigs have been killed so far. .
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has been reminding the human cholera that causes diarrhea, etc. without infecting humans, and changed the name in Japanese notation to say that it does not match the actual condition of the disease. The law was amended to pig heat.
The law went into effect on the 5th, and the name of the CSF in Japanese will be officially changed to "porcine fever".
In addition, the name of ASF "African Pig Cholera", which is rapidly spreading in China and other countries, will be changed to "African Pig Fever".
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, "For the public, such as websites, we will continue to use the name CSF to avoid confusion."
Along with this, NHK will change the two types of infectious diseases of pigs to "CSF, swine fever" and "ASF, African swine fever".