On the 23rd, Tochigi Prefecture confirmed pigs infected with the infectious disease CSF = classical swine fever at a pig farm in Nasu Karasuyama City, and killed about 54,000 pigs raised at this pig farm. Announced.
According to Tochigi Prefecture, on the 21st, information was received that the number of pigs dying at a pig farm in Nasukarasuyama City was increasing, and when a national research institute investigated it, it was confirmed that it was infected with classical swine fever. about it.
In response to this, the prefecture held a countermeasures headquarters meeting on the afternoon of the 23rd, decided to slaughter all about 54,000 pigs raised in this pig farm, and started work from 6 pm on the 23rd.
According to Tochigi Prefecture, it is the largest culling in Japan, and it is expected that it will take more than two months to complete all the work.
At a press conference after the meeting, Governor Tomikazu Fukuda said, "We have strengthened guidance to farms that are behind in responding to classical swine fever, and last month we confirmed that the deficiencies in this pig farm had been improved. It's a shame that such an infection has occurred. "
According to Tochigi Prefecture, there are 22 other pig farms within a 10km radius of this pig farm, but since the pigs in captivity are vaccinated, movement and shipping are restricted. It means that there is no such thing.
In Tochigi Prefecture, nearly 40,000 pigs were slaughtered at two pig farms in Nasushiobara City, where infection was confirmed last year, and more than 1,000 pigs were slaughtered at the pig farm in Nakagawa Town in March. Has been slaughtered.