Work to slaughter pigs completed at Aichi farms

By Hebert Komati

Posted on February 13, 2019

Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya City – The work to slaughter pigs has been completed at two swine fever-affected farms in Aichi Prefecture, the prefectural government said Saturday.

Aichi is one of the five prefectures where outbreaks of the disease, also known as hog cholera, were confirmed earlier this month. Of the remaining four prefectures, Nagano, Gifu and Shiga have already completed the slaughtering work, while Osaka was having difficulty achieving its goal to finish the work by Saturday.

Aichi Prefecture initially planned to slaughter a total of some 8,000 pigs at a farm in the city of Toyota that is believed to be the source of the latest outbreaks and an affiliated farm in the city of Tahara. The number of pigs that were actually slaughtered turned out to be around 7,200.

According to the agriculture ministry, the DNA of the swine fever virus detected at the Toyota farm is different from that of the virus found in late January at farms in Gifu, which has been hit by swine fever outbreaks since last year.

Source: The Japan News

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