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Japan has, for more than a year - been dealing with the return of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) after an absence of 26 years. While similar in impact to ASF, CSF is caused by a different virus, and is considered a little easier to control.
After going 3 weeks without reporting a fresh farm outbreak, today Japan's MAFF reports another CSF outbreak at a farm in Saitama Prefecture, apparently within the restricted movement area of the 46th outbreak.
Confirmation of suspected affected animals of swine fever in Saitama Prefecture, about (47 case was in Japan)
October 30, first year of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
A simulated case of swine fever was confirmed today at a farm in Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture, which was within the 46th restricted movement area in Japan.
We will make every effort to prevent the disease.
We ask for your cooperation to refrain from interviewing at the site because it may cause the spread of the disease.
1.Outline of the farm where it occurred
Location: Honjo City, Saitama
Breeding situation: 865
2.Background
(1) Saitama Prefecture received an on-site inspection by a livestock quarantine officer on Tuesday, October 29, after receiving a report from the farm that the pigs were showing abnormalities.
(2) On the same day, because of the suspicion of swine cholera caused by the inspection at the Livestock Hygiene Center, it was revealed that it was a simulated case of swine cholera today (Wednesday, October 30). did.
In addition to the 47 farm outbreaks, more than 1200 wild boar have been discovered infected with the virus across 10 prefectures. The most recent OIE report adds two new prefectures (Shiga and Gunma) to the list.
Summary of the wild boar surveillance (As of 7th October)
[Other 34 prefectures (since 14th of September 2018) Tested (RT-PCR): 564 wild boars (294 dead and 270 captured)
- [Gifu prefecture (since 13th of September 2018)] Tested (RT-PCR): 2,324 wild boars (415 dead and 1,909 captured), Positive: 990 (310 dead and 680 captured)
- [Aichi prefecture (since 14th of September 2018)] Tested (RT-PCR): 1,219 wild boars (42 dead and 1,177 captured), Positive: 98 wild boars (19 dead and 79 captured)
- [Nagano prefecture (since 14th of September 2018)] Tested (RT-PCR): 368 wild boars (110 dead and 258 captured) Positive: 121 (40 dead and 81 captured)
- [Mie prefecture (since 14th of September 2018)] Tested (RT-PCR): 523 wild boars (32 dead and 491 captured), Positive: 17 (1 dead and 16 captured)
- [Fukui prefecture (since 14th September 2018)] Tested (RT-PCR): 98 wild boars (18 dead and 80 captured), Positive: 17 (6 dead and 11 captured)
- [Toyama prefecture (since 14th September 2018)] Tested (RT-PCR): 134 wild boars (10 dead and 124 captured) Positive: 20 (9 dead and 11 captured)
- [Gunma prefecture (since 14th September 2018)] Tested (RT-PCR): 18 wild boars (8 dead and 10 captured) Positive: 2 (0 dead and 2 captured)
- [Saitama prefecture (since 14th September 2018)] Tested (RT-PCR): 15 wild boars (7 dead and 8 captured) Positive: 5 (2 dead and 3 captured)
- [Ishikawa prefecture (since 14th September 2018)] Tested (RT-PCR): 175 wild boars (12 dead and 163 captured) Positive: 8 (4 dead and 4 captured)
- [Shiga prefecture (since 14th September 2018) Tested (RT-PCR): 47 wild boars (22 dead and 25 captured) Positive: 1 (1 dead and 0 captured)
The territorial expansion of CSF continues in Japan, further complicating the control of this disease, and reinforces just how difficult it can be to put a biological genie back into the bottle.
