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Hog cholera hits Okinawa, in first outbreak since 1986; cull started
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 9, 2020 at 18:20 JST
URUMA, Okinawa Prefecture--A mass culling of pigs is under way at three farms here, as authorities rush to contain the first outbreak of hog cholera in the prefecture since 1986.
Authorities expressed concern over the problem, as it indicates the disease, which has already affected nine other prefectures, has spread from the main island.
About 390 members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were dispatched to the prefecture at the request of prefectural officials to help handle the destruction of the 825 hogs at the pig farms operated by two farmers in the city. An additional 988 at a nearby farm will also be destroyed due to suspected infection, bringing the total to 1,813.
The operation by the central and prefectural governments started Jan. 8 and is expected to be completed by Jan. 11...
Hog cholera hits Okinawa, in first outbreak since 1986; cull started
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 9, 2020 at 18:20 JST
URUMA, Okinawa Prefecture--A mass culling of pigs is under way at three farms here, as authorities rush to contain the first outbreak of hog cholera in the prefecture since 1986.
Authorities expressed concern over the problem, as it indicates the disease, which has already affected nine other prefectures, has spread from the main island.
About 390 members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were dispatched to the prefecture at the request of prefectural officials to help handle the destruction of the 825 hogs at the pig farms operated by two farmers in the city. An additional 988 at a nearby farm will also be destroyed due to suspected infection, bringing the total to 1,813.
The operation by the central and prefectural governments started Jan. 8 and is expected to be completed by Jan. 11...