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Japan Slaughters 199,284 Pigs, Cows on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
Japan Slaughters 199,284 Pigs, Cows on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
By Kazuyo Sawa
May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Japan plans to slaughter more than 80,000 livestock in the southern prefecture of Miyazaki as it seeks to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. A total of 73,653 pigs and 6,604 cows have been marked for destruction at 86 farms, the Miyazaki local government said in a statement yesterday.
Japan?s Farm Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu said the government plans to compensate farmers, the Nikkei newspaper reported. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?s...Y&pid=20601087
Foot-and-mouth threatens prize Miyazaki Wagyu cattle
An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in southern Japan is threatening to wipe out the breeding stock for prized Miyazaki Wagyu beef, which sells at around ?100 per lb.
Julian Ryall in Tokyo
Published: 6:57PM BST 17 May 2010
More than 110 farms in the Miyazaki region have been quarantined after livestock have been found to be infected with the disease ? the first time it has occurred in Japan since 2000 ? and 85,000 animals have already been slaughtered or earmarked to be put down.
That figure includes 49 bulls with just six cattle from the region moved out of the affected districts, according to local agriculture officials. The surviving bulls have shown no signs of the disease of yet, their health is being closely monitored.
Miyazaki Wagyu beef has attracted a global following due its flavour, tenderness and fatty, marbled texture. Entire restaurants are given over to the delicacy, which is usually prepared as a steak, as thin strips of meat that are boiled and served with vegetables, or cooked on a "teppanyaki" hotplate in front of the customer...
Over 114,000 head of livestock to be slaughtered following foot-and-mouth outbreak
The number of livestock to be slaughtered following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki Prefecture has risen to 114,177, as a spate of new cases was reported Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Miyazaki Prefectural Government announced that suspected infections of cows and pigs had been confirmed at 15 more farms in the Miyazaki Prefecture towns of Shintomi and Kawaminami.
Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declared a state of emergency in the prefecture during a news conference on Tuesday.
Nearly 10 percent of the prefecture's livestock population of around 1.23 million is now to be culled. A total of 28,090 head of livestock at the 15 farms in Shintomi and Kawaminami will be slaughtered.
Genetic testing by the National Institute of Animal Health showed it was likely that five head of cattle in Shintomi had contracted the contagious disease. Their location is 17 kilometers south of where the first case was uncovered. Previously the southernmost case was at the Miyazaki Livestock Improvement Association in the town of Takanabe, but the new cases show that infections have spread eight kilometers further south.
The first case during the latest outbreak occurred in the town of Tsuno, followed by cases in Kawaminami, Takanabe, and Shintomi. The spread practically lines up with a southbound path down National Route 10 along the Hyuga-nada sea. Two of the farms where suspected cases have been confirmed handle around 8,000 head of livestock each.
In the wake of the latest cases, the Miyazaki Prefectural Government has placed new restrictions on the movement of cattle around the affected areas. Disinfectant mats have also been laid out on Route 10, and from Monday, all traffic has been disinfected.
In a news conference following a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu defended his response to the outbreak.
"With regard to the things I did, I don't think there's anything to reflect on or apologize for," he said. The minister said it was "regrettable" that over 110,000 head were subject to slaughtering following the outbreak. At the same time he indicated that no immediate changes would be made to the Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control Law or that a related special measures law would be considered, saying, "There is nothing in particular that needs to be done at this stage."
The same day, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano told a news conference that slaughtering all livestock within a specified area was "one option," to control the outbreak.
Slaughtering all livestock would affect the property rights of farmers, but under the Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control Law, no compensation is provided for preventive culling of livestock that are not infected. Accordingly, the government will consider revising the law.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told reporters in front of his residence, "The government will take all possible measures and will not let the disease spread further." However, he added that it was difficult to grasp the route of infections.
Hatoyama also stressed that the government would provide financial assistance to affected farmers, saying, "We want farmers to understand the situation and tell them, 'It's all right. The government will handle issues relating to management.'"
Re: Japan to Slaughter 80,000 Pigs, Cows on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Spreads Further in Miyazaki Pref.
Miyazaki, May 18 (Jiji Press)--The Miyazaki prefectural government said Tuesday that it has additionally found a number of animals that might have been infected with foot-and-mouth disease at 15 livestock farms in the southern Japan prefecture.
As a result, the number of affected farms and other livestock facilities rose to 126, and the number of animals that were or will be culled came to 114,177.
Miyazaki Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the prefecture, showing his resolve to combat the disease.
Local residents are advised to refrain from making unnecessary visits to livestock farms and take care not to carry the foot-and-mouth disease virus by washing hands and feet, and gargling.
Foot-and-mouth disease is characterized by high fever, drooling and blisters inside the mouth and on the feet. It affects livestock, but is believed to pose no threat to human health. (2010/05/18-14:20)
the number of affected farms and other livestock facilities rose to 131 (23:30, local time)
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May 18, 2010, 6:11 AM EDT <!-- Aggregate knowledge -->By Aya Takada and Takashi Hirokawa
May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Japan ordered more than 1 percent of its swine herd to be slaughtered after Miyazaki prefecture, the nation?s second-biggest growing region, declared a ?state of emergency? as an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease spreads. A total of 105,519 pigs and 8,612 beef cattle and dairy cows will be killed in the prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu, said Takehisa Yamamoto, an official at the animal health division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. That?s a 42 percent increase in the past four days.
Foot-and-mouth is one of the most contagious livestock diseases and can have high mortality rates in young animals, according to the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health, or OIE. The cull is more than 100 times larger than during Japan?s last outbreak in 2000. Miyazaki Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru declared an emergency today as they have failed to stop the disease from spreading.
?We would like to ask residents living in the affected areas to stay home? unless they have urgent reasons to go out, Higashikokubaru was quoted by spokesman Tomofumi Yagoshi as telling reporters today. The request is aimed at containment as the possibility the disease may spread ?across Kyushu island, or nationwide,? cannot be ruled out, he said.
Affected Communities
Suspected cases of foot-and-mouth were found yesterday in cows in Shintomi town, raising the number of affected communities in the prefecture to five from four, Yamamoto at the agriculture ministry said. Shintomi is located about 10 kilometers south of Kawaminami town, where most cases of the disease were discovered.
Japan?s previous foot-and-mouth outbreak occurred in 2000, when 740 animals were killed in Miyazaki and on the northern island of Hokkaido.
?It is difficult to determine how the disease is being transmitted,? Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told reporters today. ?The most important thing is that the government will take all possible measures to prevent the disease from spreading further.?...
The Agricultural Ministry?s Animal Diseases Experts committee recommended today that the government vaccinate animals against the disease to prevent it spreading further.
Japan has enough reserves of the vaccine to inoculate 700,000 animals, Nobuyuki Terakado, deputy chairman of the committee, said at a briefing today.
The government may spend as much as 20 billion yen ($216 million) on measures to prevent the spread of the disease and to help affected farmers rebuild their businesses, the Nikkei newspaper reported today, citing an unidentified person in the Ministry of Finance.
To contain the disease, Japan has restricted animal movements and is killing all stock at farms with suspected cases and disinfecting the properties. The first case was reported on April 20. Miyazaki is Japan?s second-largest pig-farming region, accounting for about 9.2 percent of the nation?s herd, which was estimated by the agriculture ministry at 9.9 million as of Feb. 1, 2009. The prefecture is also the third-biggest beef cattle grower, accounting for 10 percent of the country?s total herd of 2.9 million.
The foot-and-mouth virus found in Miyazaki is similar to the type discovered in South Korea, according to the ministry.
In South Korea, the farm ministry said April 22 that two cases were found at a pig farm in Chungju, south of Seoul, indicating the virus had spread inland. A new outbreak was discovered on April 9 on Ganghwa island, less than a month after the nation declared itself free of the disease. China in March reported an outbreak of the disease in pigs.http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...-update2-.html
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Japan to Kill All Livestock in Areas Hit by Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Tokyo, May 19 (Jiji Press)--The government is considering culling all cattle and pigs at livestock farms in and near areas hit by foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan, sources said Wednesday.
To prevent the spread of the highly contagious disease, the animals will be vaccinated before being killed.
Subject to the mandatory culling will be livestock kept within 10-kilometer radius of farms where infected animals were found, the sources said.
The government is also considering urging early shipments of livestock in areas 10 to 20 kilometers from the farms hit by the animal disease, the sources said. The government earlier studied buying up these animals, but gave up the idea because of concerns that the step will be costly.
The government now believes that these measures are necessary since existing steps, including sterilization, have proved insufficient in preventing the spread of the disease, according to the sources.(2010/05/19-14:13) http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2010051900477
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Japan to Slaughter 130,258 Pigs, cows and Cows and sheeps on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
the number of affected farms and other livestock facilities rose to 159 (23:30, local time)
pig: 114,579
cow: 15,674
goat: 5
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U.S. Bans Japan Beef Imports After Foot-And-Mouth Outbreak
By Fergus Maguire
May 21 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. banned beef from Japan after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the southern prefecture of Miyazaki. Imports of boneless beef were banned in an import alert issued on April 21, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in an e-mailed statement today. Japan shipped about $6 million worth of beef to the U.S. in 2009, Dow Jones reported today. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?s...0&pid=20601087
Japan to Slaughter 133,011 Pigs, and Cows and sheeps on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
the number of affected farms and other livestock facilities rose to 171(02:30, local time)
pig: 115,636
cow: 17,370
goat: 5
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Japan foot-and-mouth outbreak infects top stud bull
TOKYO ? One of Japan's most prized stud bulls has been infected with foot-and-mouth disease, the government said Saturday, as the country's first outbreak in a decade continues to devastate livestock.
The discovery was a blow to the southern prefecture of Miyazaki, which evacuated the region's six top seed bulls, including the affected animal, to a special facility to keep them away from the disease, which has hit more than 100 farms in the area.
The highly contagious virus has brought to a halt all Japanese beef and pork exports for the past month and crippled the premium beef industry in Miyazaki.
The six bulls are the only remaining breeding animals for the highly sought-after "Miyazaki beef", as the foot-and-mouth outbreak which began last month has forced the cull of 49 other seed bulls in the prefecture.
Between them, the six bulls accounted for some 90 percent of artificial breeding in the prefecture, Kyodo News said.
"The affected bull shall be immediately slaughtered," the farm ministry said in a statement.
The other five animals have so far tested negative for the disease, and "will remain under observation," the statement said.
Usually, all bulls and pigs kept with infected animals are culled, but officials have decided to keep the five remaining seed bulls under observation for a week in an effort to preserve the premium Miyazaki beef strain, Kyodo said.
The news came as officials prepared to slaughter some 205,000 animals in Miyazaki -- 50,000 cows and 155,000 pigs -- as the highly contagious disease spreads rapidly in the region.
The six prized stud bulls were removed from their regular farm near the areas hit by the disease and were assigned individual care managers and kept in separate stalls in a bid to stop them contracting the disease.
Japan's famed "Wagyu" beef is sought-after worldwide for its intense marbling with mostly unsaturated fat, and the variety from Miyazaki typically wholesales for up to 320 dollars a kilogram in Japan.
The latest foot-and-mouth outbreak, Japan's first since 2000, was detected on April 20 and spread quickly in Miyazaki, on the southwestern island of Kyushu.
The health threat prompted Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to pledge more than a billion dollars to help farmers who have to slaughter their livestock.
Foot-and-mouth disease affects cloven-hoofed animals, also including sheep, goats and deer. It is rarely transmitted to humans but spreads easily between animals, causing them pain and often killing their young.
Japan to Slaughter 136,265 Pigs, and Cows and sheeps on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
the number of affected farms and other livestock facilities rose to 181(22:05, local time)
pig: 118,526
cow: 17,734
goat: 5
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Japan to Slaughter 144,335 Pigs, Cows, sheeps and goat on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
the number of affected farms and other livestock facilities rose to 193(22:35, local time)
pig: 125,759
cow: 18,561
sheep: 8
goat: 7
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