“It is unlikely to spread around shrimp infectious diseases” Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Expert Meeting October 27, 4:52
Regarding the fact that infectious diseases such as shrimp were confirmed for the first time in Japan at a shrimp farm in Okinawa Prefecture, an expert meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries summarized the view that it is unlikely that the disease will spread to the surrounding area. It was.
A large number of "whiteleg shrimp" were found dead at a shrimp farm in Ogimi Village, Okinawa Prefecture, and in October, it became the first outbreak in Japan with an infectious disease such as shrimp called "acute hepatopancreatic necrotis". It was confirmed.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries dispatched experts to the site to investigate this, and on the 26th, at an expert meeting held, the opinions on the causes of the outbreak were summarized.
According to this, at the farm, the food was heat-treated, and since March, there has been no traffic to and from the diseased area, so the juvenile shrimp imported from Thailand in August It is highly possible that he was already infected.
On top of that, at this farm, the disease spread, and from mid-August to late August, the aquaculture was carried out indoors, and the water flowing into the sea was disinfected, so there is a possibility that the disease will spread in the surrounding sea. I said it was low.
In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will use juvenile shrimp for about 10 days after importing live juvenile shrimp from facilities where it cannot be confirmed that Thai disease has not occurred in response to the outbreak of this disease. I will check if there are any abnormalities.