Another Wild Boar Tests Positive for Swine Fever in Japan

September 17, 2018

Gifu- The dead body of another wild boar found in the city of Gifu, central Japan, has tested positive for swine fever, the Gifu prefectural government said Sunday.

The dead wild boar was found Saturday about 3.5 kilometers from a pig farm where the first case of the infectious disease, also known as hog cholera, in Japan in 26 years was confirmed earlier this month.

On Friday, a swine fever case involving a wild boar, whose dead body was found about 7 kilometers from the pig farm, was confirmed.

There is a possibility that the disease is spreading through wild boars, prefectural officials said. Jiji Press