100 pigs die in the pig house Cause of heat due to a power outage Chiba Asahi September 11 16:40
In Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture, where there is a power outage due to Typhoon No. 15, the facilities that send wind to the pig barn do not move and pigs die, and the heat is thought to be the cause.
Chiba Prefecture has the largest number of pigs in the country as of February last year, with more than 610,000 heads, ranking 4th in the country. Of these, more than 50 traders in Asahi City operate the pig farming industry.
However, due to power outages, large fans that send wind to the piggery and automatic feeding devices are not working.
Of these, the pig farms in the Seiwakko area raised about 3,000 heads in eight pig houses, but all the fans that sent the wind stopped for a while.
Some fans were able to move by arranging a generator, but the heat is considered to be due to the fact that about 100 heads have died so far.
“The Seiwa Livestock” representative Tomio Sugaya said, “The work of feeding is handled by all employees, but we are in a difficult situation due to the heat.”
Yoko Hayakawa, a veterinarian who looked around the situation of the pig, said, “The situation is almost the same as at the time of the earthquake, and the limit of patience may have come. I am worried that the disease will not spread in the future.” Talking