Classical Swine Fever -- Japan
In a major policy shift, agriculture minister Taku Eto announced Friday [20 Sep 2019] that the ministry now plans to vaccinate pigs against [classical] swine fever [CSF].
The ministry judged that doing so is inevitable if Japan is to stop the unabated spread of the infectious disease after the 1st outbreak in the country in 26 years was confirmed in September last year [2018]. Eto also said the ministry will ask pharmaceutical companies to increase production of [CSF]
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6685530&promed&0
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