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After a busy spring and summer, we've seen a decided drop off in reported outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) over the past few months from Japan. The last report was nearly a month ago (see Japan MAFF Confirms 50th Farm Outbreak Of Classical Swine Fever (Aichi Prefecture).
As with African Swine Fever (ASF), neither pose a direct threat to human health, although both can be devastating to the swine industry.
Unlike ASF, there is a vaccine against CSF, and just over two months ago Japan amended their Specific Infections Livestock Disease Control Guidelines for CSF to allow the vaccination of domestic pigs in designated prefectures.
The Vaccination of domestic pigs is now practiced in the following prefectures; Gunma, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shiga, Saitama, Shizuoka and Yamanashi.Details on the latest farm outbreak - the 45th of 2019 - follow:
About confirmation (the 51st case in Japan) of CSF patient in Aichi
Dec. 17, 1st year of
Ministry of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries
Today, a CSF patient was confirmed at a farm in Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture.
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: Tahara City, Aichi Pref.
Status: 1,754 head
2. Background
(1) On December 16 (Monday), Aichi Prefecture conducted an on-site inspection by livestock quarantine officers after confirming that pigs were showing abnormalities on the farm.
(2) Since the CSF was suspected due to the inspection at the Livestock Hygiene Center, the material was sent to the National Institute of Animal Health (Note) and genetic analysis was conducted. Today (Tuesday, December 17) ), Found to be a CSF patient.
(Note) Japan's only specialized research institute for animal health
In addition to the 51 farm outbreaks, more than 1200 wild boar have been discovered to be infected with the virus across at least 12 central Japan prefectures, since the virus returned in September of 2018.
