Japan Slaughters 199,284 Pigs, Cows on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

[Treyfish]

Re: Japan Slaughters 199,284 Pigs, Cows on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

Complete slaughter of animals suspected of infection-Kawaminami Miyazaki - such as working late Takanabe

20 Miyazaki, mouth (Tei way) in the town was heavily damaged in the prefecture Kawaminami most foot problems, announced that it has finished killing all the animals suspected of infection. Will proceed with the slaughter of animals infected with the vaccine as a precaution.
Originally the county, except for vaccination minutes before that day, was scheduled to end the slaughter of animals suspected of infection every prefecture in the rain much difficulty. Big climax at the end of the town is over Kawaminami, and animal remains undistributed in the city and Takanabe Saito, a concerted effort to dispose of.
According to the county animal suspected of infection has not been disposed of in the aggregate to about 10,000 head 19, the vaccinated animals remained about 49,000 head. Among them, the town had a Kawaminami is about 13,000 head of cattle vaccinated. (2010/06/20-21: 31) :tiphat:http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=eco_30&k=2010062000353

 

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Re: Japan Slaughters 199,284 Pigs, Cows on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

Japan - The FMD disaster

22 Jun 2010
The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki Prefecture has spread further from its origin and could expand to the entire prefecture.
New infections have been confirmed in cities including Miyakonojo, which is located about 50 kilometers from the epidemic's locus in the eastern part of the prefecture. The epidemic now has reached a crucial juncture--whether the disease will spread outside the prefecture. Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited the prefecture Saturday and pledged the government would take all possible steps to support affected livestock farmers. The central and prefectural governments must strengthen epidemic prevention measures and do all they can to contain the disease.

The central and prefectural governments have been trying to prevent further infection by slaughtering and burying cows and pigs on disease-affected livestock farms, as well as by restricting movement and transfer of the livestock in the vicinity.

At farms within a 10-kilometer radius of major outbreak locations, livestock that have not been infected with the disease are being vaccinated to prevent the virus from spreading and then culled.

However, infections have been confirmed on farms far from the locations of the disease's initial outbreak about 50 days ago. It must be asked whether there has been any lapse in preventative measures against the disease's spread since then.

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Minimize infections' impact


What is now necessary is to minimize damage to areas where new infections have been detected.

The city of Ebino in the prefecture successfully contained the disease by slaughtering livestock immediately after infections were confirmed. Learning from its example, the Miyakonojo city government began culling livestock after informing the central government of certain animals' symptoms through photos, without waiting for results of genetic tests conducted by the central government. Such swift responses are necessary to deal with the disease from now on.

One of the reasons for the spread of infections seems to be the fact that the cull of cows and pigs has not been conducted smoothly because it is difficult to find people to slaughter the livestock and places to bury the animals. It is possible the virus might have spread from these livestock. Slaughter of the remaining 30,000 cows must be sped up.

A special law on foot-and-mouth disease that took effect June 4 allows the central government to slaughter healthy livestock without farmers' consent if necessary. The legislation aims to prevent new infections by creating a livestock-free "blank area" where animals are culled.

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry does not plan to apply this law in areas where new infections have been confirmed. However, if infections do expand, it is inevitable that this measure would be taken.

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Find out how disease spread


Also, it is an urgent task to find out why foot-and-mouth disease has spread. One theory holds that people and vehicles that visit livestock farms have slipped through designated sterilization points. Others noted the possibility soil with the virus was carried by the wind. The government should strengthen field studies by epidemic prevention experts.

Miyakonojo produces some of the best livestock in the country. Neighboring Kagoshima Prefecture is well known for its Berkshire pigs and black cattle. The spread of the disease to Kagoshima Prefecture would immensely impact the country's livestock industry as well as adversely affect people's diets.

We hope the Kan Cabinet will place top priority on tackling foot-and-mouth disease.




yomiuri.co.jp:tiphat:http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220610/japan___the_fmd_disaster_.aspx

 

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FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - JAPAN (XX): (MIYAZAKI) UPDATE
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Date: Mon 21 Jun 2010
Source: Miyazaki Prefecture website [in Japanese, trans. & summ.
submitter MY, edited]
<http://www.pref.miyazaki.lg.jp/contents/org/nosei/chikusan/miyazakicow/h22kouteindex.html>.

FMD situation update
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The spread is steadily slowing down, but new towns and cities with
non-vaccinated animals are affected. Japan is in the rainy season and
heavy rain in Miyazaki seems to delay the quarantine work.

As of 21 Jun 2010, the total number of PCR-confirmed outbreaks [cases]
was 291.
The number of destroyed animals, accumulated until 21 Jun 2010, was:
162 174 swine, 37 102 cattle, 17 goats and sheep.

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Date: Mon 21 Jun 2010
Source: The Mainichi Daily News [edited]
<http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20100621p2a00m0na019000c.html>


Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits trucking firms, accommodation facilities
in Miyazaki
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Two months after the 1st case of foot-and-mouth disease [FMD] was
reported in Miyazaki Prefecture, the disease has not only devastated
the prefecture's livestock industry, but is also wreaking havoc on
trucking and tourism-related businesses.

In the Miyazaki Prefecture town of Kunitomi roughly 30 km [approx 20
mi] southwest of Kawaminami, where many cases were reported, around 10
trucks sit in the parking lot of a company that transports feed for
cows.

"We're uncertain about the future. If this doesn't end quickly, then
our company won't last," the firm's 52-year-old president said in a
bitter tone as he gazed out a window to the empty trucks.

The company picks up feed sent over from Australia and other locations
at Shibushi Port in Kagoshima Prefecture, and carries it to farms in
central Miyazaki Prefecture. Since the outbreak of FMD, the number of
cattle being slaughtered has increased, and orders for feed have
dropped. Sales in June [2010] were reportedly about 30 to 40 percent
of the previous year's [2009] figure.

Amid the adverse conditions, the firm receives a call from a
tired-sounding farmer in the affected area, asking for feed to be
brought out. Workers disinfect a truck, which heads out to the
hard-hit area. "If we don't take them feed right up until the end, who
will?" a company member asks.

In a Miyazaki Prefectural Government survey of 620 commercial and
industrial companies in central Miyazaki Prefecture, 85 percent of the
companies said they had suffered poorer sales or other adverse effects
from the outbreak. Two-thirds of firms in the transportation industry
said their sales had fallen anywhere from 30 percent or more to 70
percent or more.

"We are seeing financial damage from harmful rumors like, 'Vehicles
with Miyazaki number plates are not allowed in or out' which has
extended even to trucks carrying vegetables or pianos out of the
prefecture," a representative of the Miyazaki Trucking Association said.

The tourism industry has also been affected. Figures from the
178-member Miyazaki Hotel Ryokan Organization show that accommodation
and conferences for 34 000 people were cancelled over a period of
about one month after the outbreak, causing a loss of 265 million yen
[2.92 million USD] in bookings. "If you added souvenirs and meals that
figure would be 10 times greater," the association's secretary general
said.

Even tours to the Miyazaki Prefectural Government headquarters, which
entered the spotlight with the appearance of Miyazaki Gov. Hideo
Higashikokubaru, have been affected. Before the outbreak, an average
of 1500 visitors arrived each day, but that figure now stands at
around 400 -- nearly one-quarter. On 1 Jun 2010, just 64 visitors -- a
record low -- turned up.

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[An interactive map of Japan's FMD epizootic, showing all confirmed
outbreaks since its start, is available at
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Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20100902p2a00m0na009000c.html

Possible fresh case of foot-and-mouth disease discovered in Miyazaki Pref.

MIYAZAKI -- Livestock at a farm in Miyazaki Prefecture are displaying symptoms similar to those of foot and mouth infection -- which devastated the region's beef industry earlier this year -- prefectural officials announced Sept. 2.

Prefectural officials have taken samples from the animals at the dairy farm in the city of Ebino and sent them to Tokyo for testing, and results of genetic analysis are expected sometime on the evening of Sept. 2. The Ebino Municipal Government has furthermore opened an emergency session to deal with the discovery.

Meanwhile, a livestock auction market in Kobayashi, Miyazaki Prefecture, suspended operations for four days starting Sept. 2, and the some 600 calves already at the market will be held there. A livestock market in the prefectural city of Miyakonojo also suspended a scheduled auction the same day.

The prefectural government had declared an end to operations to eliminate the last outbreak of the virus just a week before, on Aug. 27, and had begun a program to revive the livestock industry and local economy...

 

[makoto]

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Re: Japan Slaughters 199,293 Pigs, Cows on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

Information received on 05/10/2010 from Dr Toshiro Kawashima, CVO, Animal Health Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo , Japan

oie.net　http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=9741　more details

Information received on 28/07/2010 from Dr Toshiro Kawashima, CVO, Animal Health Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo , Japan

oie.net http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=9541 more details

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan Slaughters 199,284 Pigs, Cows on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

attention! infected animal photo
all photo from Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries "MAFF"









Miyazaki' foot-and-mouth disease: clinical symptoms

*牛 = cattle, cow

sialorrhea

this photo disappeared....
vesicles and erosions

erosions

vesicles, erosions and scab

*豚 = swine, pig

erosions

erosions, ulcers and despuamation

MAFF photo http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/douei/katiku_yobo/k_fmd/pdf/japan_photo.pdf