More swine fever cases confirmed in Central Japan

March 29, 2019

Nagoya--The Aichi prefectural government said Friday that additional swine fever cases have been confirmed in Seto and Tahara in the central Japan prefecture.

The prefectural government will slaughter a total of some 2,400 pigs kept at the farms.

In the prefecture, swine fever cases were found in Toyota and Tahara in February, and another case was confirmed in Seto on Wednesday.

When the prefectural government checked the farm in Seto adjacent to the one where swine fever was detected on Wednesday, two pigs tested positive for swine fever.

After getting a report that pigs had died at the farm in Tahara on Thursday, the prefectural government conducted an on-site inspection and found nine pigs that tested positive for swine fever.

"We will make every effort for epidemic prevention, in order to protect farming in the prefecture," Aichi Governor Hideaki Omura told reporters. Jiji Press