date:Feb 11, 2019
fected animal is consumed, but it is fatal to pigs and boars.
Around 130 wild boars in Gifu and Aichi prefecture have tested positive for infection despite experts initial assumption that it would not spread among the animals, which typically do not live in large herds.
Although there is a vaccine to counter classic swine fever, using it could prevent Japan from regaining its World Organization for Animal Health status as a CSF free country, hindering Japans plan to expand pork exports. The or