Japan Loses Disease-Free Status for Classical Swine Fever

2020.09.10

Japan lost its disease-free status for classical swine fever Thursday for the first time in 13 years, a blow to local pig farmers trying to find new export destinations.

Japan remains unable to contain the infectious disease two years after experiencing its first outbreak in 26 years at a pig farm in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu in September 2018.

The agriculture ministry initially tried to contain the disease by culling pigs. But the disease spread to other areas, mainly in central and eastern Japan, carried by wild boars.

The ministry changed its policy in September last year and started pig vaccinations. As long as the vaccinations continue, however, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) will not give Japan the swine fever-free status.

Read more here.

Comment

You may also like

2019.06.13
564
INTRODUCTION China is the biggest importer in the world pork market. Nearly 20% of pork exports in the world go to China.[1] Thus, China’s domestic supply-demand condition of pork provides significant impacts on the world pork price. This paper surveys the recent situation of China’s hog raising...
2016.03.01
4,578
Introduction On October 5, 2015, the 12 countries participating in the on-going Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations reached a broad agreement at the ministerial meeting in Atlanta U.S.A. During the meeting, Japan promised to reduce tariffs on foreign pork once the agreement comes to...
2019.11.22
4,610
ABSTRACT The scale of animal farming in Japan has changed significantly over recent decades, with a move towards larger, more intensive, primarily due to market pressures. This change has resulted in demand for technologies that can reduce costs and labor inputs while increasing farm productivity...