September 18th 11:47 on September 18
The Korean government announced that the infection of the swine contagious disease "African swine fever" was confirmed near the military border with North Korea on the 18th, following the 17th, and rushed to prevent the spread of the infection The
The highly infectious African swine fever cholera is a disease of pigs in which almost all infected pigs die. In South Korea, on the 17th in Paju (Gyeongju) in the northwestern part of the country near the military boundary with North Korea, The first infection in Japan was confirmed.
The Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock Foods revealed that a new infection was confirmed at the pig farm in Yongcheon next to Paju on the morning of the 18th.
The pig farm raises about 4,700 heads, but the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock says that all will be killed.
On top of that, we will focus on disinfecting pig farms in six neighboring municipalities, including Paju and Yongchon, and limit the shipment of pigs to other regions for three months, and we are in a hurry to take measures to prevent the spread of infection. The
African swine fever has spread nationwide in China, which produces nearly half of the world's pig production, and has been confirmed to occur in North Korea.
In Japan, no outbreak of African swine cholera has been confirmed so far, but the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has decided to thoroughly prevent the invasion of viruses.