date:Jul 17, 2014
es of porcine epidemic diarrhoea in 805 farms across 38 prefectures since it confirmed the latest outbreak in October. As many as 343,070 piglets have died, a record number of fatalities from the disease, Yukitake Okamura, at the ministrys animal health division, said by phone.
The first case in the current crisis was found in the southern island of Okinawa on 1 October. The virus spread to Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures in December, the two biggest growers of hogs. The US, Canada, South Ko