At the pig farm in Katsuragi Town, Wakayama Prefecture, which was confirmed to be infected with the infectious disease CSF of pigs and classical swine fever on the 26th, all 290 pigs bred from the morning are being slaughtered. ..
On the 24th of this month, a debilitating piglet was found at a pig farm in Katsuragi Town and examined by a national laboratory, and on the 26th, infection with classical swine fever was confirmed.
In response to this, Wakayama Prefecture began slaughtering all 290 pigs raised in this pig farm after 9 am.
It is expected that the disposal will be completed by the morning of the 28th.
Prior to this, the prefecture held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters to slaughter and disinfect the facilities at this pig farm, while since the pig farms in the prefecture have already been vaccinated, shipping and moving to the surrounding pig farms. I confirmed that there are no restrictions on.
After the meeting, Governor Yoshinobu Nisaka said, "I have been working on epidemic prevention with a sense of crisis, but I am sorry that the infection has been confirmed. I will do my best to dispose of it and purify it so that it will not spread."