Japan says all measures to prevent spread of hog cholera completed

The Japanese government said Tuesday all measures to prevent the spread of hog cholera have been completed, following an outbreak of the disease at a farm in central Japan earlier this month.Gifu Prefecture, which has buried hundreds of dead hogs, finished disinfection of the farm and a separate facility, to which manure, suspected to have been infected with the disease, was transported.The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has placed a ban on exports of pork from across Japan following the outbreak, but shipments to Hong Kong resumed Tuesday, excluding those from Gifu Prefect…READ FULL ARTICLE