Classical Swine Fever -- Japan
Japan's agriculture ministry said on Sunday [9 Sep 2018] it had confirmed the country's 1st outbreak of swine fever in 26 years and suspended exports of pork and wild boar meat.
The fever, a different kind from the African swine fever that has broken out in China, was found in a farm in central Japan's Gifu city, the ministry said.
[Classical] swine fever [CSF] occurs among pigs and wild boar, and is not infectious to humans, the ministry said in a statement.
African swine fever was
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