Japan: 2019 Hog Cholera

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Source: https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-detects-another-hog-cholera-infection

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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Source: https://japantoday.com/category/nati...-contain-virus

Hog cholera crisis worsens in Japan; SDF sent to contain virus

Today 06:33 am JST


GIFU Japan's hog cholera epidemic spread further with a sixth case identified Tuesday in the central part of the country, leading to the first dispatch of Ground Self-Defense Force troops and the launch of a crisis control unit by the central government.
After tests confirmed the latest case of the contagious disease that has a high fatality rate at a pig farm in Seki, Gifu Prefecture, the local government began culling 7,547 pigs there. About 1,600 GSDF troops dispatched at the request of Gifu Gov Hajime Furuta will bury the culled pigs.
Hog cholera was detected at a farm in the city of Gifu in September for the first time since 1992 and has been found in wild boars in both Gifu and neighboring Aichi prefectures. It does not affect humans even if an infected animal is consumed.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the central and local governments "have been making all-out efforts to prevent the infections from spreading."
Three farms with a total of 1,800 pigs located within 10 kilometers of the affected farm in Seki were banned from shipping their hogs. Meat processing facilities in the city also halted operations.

 

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Source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190206/p2a/00m/0na/014000c


Hog cholera outbreak spreads; farm minister says situation 'extremely serious'
February 6, 2019 (Mainichi Japan)

TOKYO -- The outbreak of hog cholera has been confirmed in five prefectures, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said on Feb. 6.

"We face an extremely serious situation. We must prevent any further spread of the infection by all means," Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takamori Yoshikawa told a meeting of a government task force on the issue on Feb. 6. "The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry will play a leading role in thoroughly implementing countermeasures.

The ministry has confirmed that pigs at a farm in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi were infected with hog cholera, officials said on Feb. 6.

Moreover, some young pigs that were shipped from the farm to areas in the central Japan prefectures of Nagano and Gifu and the western Japan prefectures of Shiga and Osaka have also tested positive for hog cholera.

The first case of hog cholera infection in 26 years was confirmed in Gifu Prefecture in September 2018...