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Another hog cholera infection detected in Gifu
Nov. 16 04:45 pm JST
Japan detected another case of hog cholera virus infection on Friday at a park in central Japan after the country's first case in decades was reported in September at a nearby pig farm.
The Gifu prefectural government culled all 21 pigs kept at the Chikusan (livestock) center park after confirming earlier in the morning through tests that two of them were infected with what is also known as swine fever. The virus affects only pigs and wild boars with almost a 100 percent fatality rate.
Already 49 wild boars within the prefecture have been found to be infected with the virus, and two of them were found in the park in late September. But the pigs in the park had shown no signs of infection at the time, according to the prefecture...
Another hog cholera infection detected in Gifu
Nov. 16 04:45 pm JST
Japan detected another case of hog cholera virus infection on Friday at a park in central Japan after the country's first case in decades was reported in September at a nearby pig farm.
The Gifu prefectural government culled all 21 pigs kept at the Chikusan (livestock) center park after confirming earlier in the morning through tests that two of them were infected with what is also known as swine fever. The virus affects only pigs and wild boars with almost a 100 percent fatality rate.
Already 49 wild boars within the prefecture have been found to be infected with the virus, and two of them were found in the park in late September. But the pigs in the park had shown no signs of infection at the time, according to the prefecture...
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