Friday, 21 September 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Classical swine fever - Japan (05): (GF) spread, wild boar, epidemiology

Classical Swine Fever -- Japan
1. The gene sequences of the virus were different from those that previously caused swine fever outbreaks in Japan, according to the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry.
The report on genotype from National Institute of Animal Health (in Japanese, with figure) is available at
[for an updated version, see comment]
2. A total of 5 wild boars were found around the farm to be dead and positive for classical swine fever. (TBS News, 20 Sep 2018)
For a map with the locations of the

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6043883&promed&0

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