Asia Pacific Jan 22, 2021
New China swine fever strains point to unlicensed vaccines
by Dominique Patton
The variants of the disease cause a chronic condition that reduces the number of healthy piglets born.
National Sep 27, 2020
Early this month, piglets at the Takasaki farm started to die after suffering from diarrhea, and the number of deaths has reached about 200.
National Jan 24, 2020
Tainted pork in pig feed may have caused swine fever in Okinawa, panel says
Pigs in Okinawa Prefecture may have been infected with classical swine fever through food, an expert panel commissioned by the agricultural ministry said Thursday. Leftovers, including pork infected with swine fever in Honshu, may have caused an outbreak of the disease in Okinawa earlier this ...
National Jan 8, 2020
The Okinawa Prefectural Government plans to cull more than 1,800 pigs at the farm in the city of Uruma and another farm where infection is suspected.
National Dec 20, 2019
Japan expands swine fever vaccinations to seven more prefectures
The government said Friday it will expand vaccinations of pigs against hog cholera to cover Tokyo and seven prefectures adjacent to the 12 prefectures with confirmed cases of the deadly virus. The vaccinations may start later this month in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Kyoto and Nara, ...
National Nov 25, 2019
The agriculture ministry will seek to allow pig culls as a preventive measure against African swine fever, something not currently permitted by the law, if the disease is detected in Japan. The ministry will submit a bill to the Diet next year to revise the ...
Business Nov 13, 2019
U.S. pork prices rising as fatal pig disease cuts global meat supply, says Tyson CEO
U.S. pork prices rose in recent weeks at a time when they would normally be falling, as a fatal pig disease in China is tightening global meat supplies, the chief executive of Tyson Foods Inc. said on Tuesday. The price increase is probably the first ...
National Nov 12, 2019
Japanese government to avoid using term 'hog cholera' to mitigate concern over swine fever
The government said Monday it will avoid using the term "hog cholera," opting instead for "classical swine fever," as officials hope to allay public concerns about the outbreak of the disease, which is harmless to humans. "We will standardize the term 'CSF' to counter reputational ...
National Oct 25, 2019
Pig vaccinations start at farms in six prefectures as swine fever spreads in Japan
Gifu and five other prefectures with confirmed swine fever cases started vaccinating pigs at farms Friday to prevent the infectious disease from spreading further. The move marked the first swine fever vaccinations in Japan since April 2006, when preventive vaccinations were discontinued. It is uncertain, however, ...
National Oct 11, 2019
An agriculture ministry panel has approved preventive swine fever vaccinations for pigs being raised in prefectures with confirmed cases of the disease. The proposal to revise the state's disease prevention guidelines was presented Thursday by the animal hygiene subcommittee of the Council of Food, Agriculture ...
National Oct 4, 2019
Gunma likely to start vaccinating pigs as swine fever spreads through Japan
Japan will likely add Gunma to the list of pig-vaccination areas following the confirmation of swine fever in two wild boars in the prefecture, the farm ministry said Friday. The government will seek expert opinions on vaccination before the governor makes a final decision. Gunma’s ...
Asia Pacific Sep 30, 2019
Frozen pork threatens to put the chill on China National Day festivities
China's supermarkets are topping up their meat counters with frozen pork from state reserves, after prices of the nation's favorite protein source surged to budget-busting levels, threatening to mar this week's National Day festivities. Pork, which has a prominent place at nearly every Chinese dinner ...