ASEAN has become a base of food production,
Thailand is expected as the leader
★Aiming to support 30% of livestock products in the world until 2050
"Kitchen of the World"
Export restrictions of livestock resources due to the occurrence of transboundary infectious diseases→100M THB/year (352Myen / year) (Perry et al., 1999)
Bacterial food poisoning in Thailand → 200,000 people/year, medical expenses 900M THB/year (3,168M yen/year) (Treeprasertsuk et al., 2016)
Waste disposal by food poisoning bacteria contamination of the frozen chicken→1000M USD/year (119,120 million yen / year) (Sriwichailamphan, 2003)
Due to the opening of the ASEAN Economic Corridor, the distribution of livestock and livestock products within ASEAN countries (Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia) is increasing. Therefore, it is necessary to take measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases due to the movement of livestock and livestock products in Thailand, which is located in the center of Thailand.
Thailand, which has undergone significant economic development in recent decades, is the geopolitical and economic center of the Greater Mekong region (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand), and it is possible to create strategies with a link to the Thai's economy.
Currently, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has not been eradicated in Thailand and its neighboring countries. Therefore, we will support the Thai government to form a free zone for FMD around Chonburi Province, which is located in the eastern part of Bangkok, and use that activity as a model for eradication FMD in ASEAN countries.
| 2012-2014 | JICA training program for prevention of FMD |
| 2014-2021 | Creation of regional and international educational bases for livestock animal epidemics by strengthening the educational base of the MEXT, CADIC, and global human resource development projects; International joint research with Thailand, student exchange |
| 2014-2018 | JST: Sakura Science Program; Invited 40 young Thai researchers and students |
| 2015-2017 | MEXT special program "Human Resources Development for Leading Infectious Disease Research and Countermeasures in Asia"; Accepted 5 graduate students from Thailand |
| 2016- | CADIC started operation as a national joint use/ joint research center |
| 2017- | Comprehensive training program for veterinarians in Asia; Accepted trainees from Kasetsart University and DLD |
| 2017-2019 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Center Formation Project; Joint Seminar Held in Bangkok, accepted young researchers from Thailand |
| 2018 | Established a collaboration lab at Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University and started joint research |
| 2018- | Established a livestock animal epidemic prevention consortium with 4 universities in Japan (expanded to 7 universities in 2019 and 8 universities in 2020) |
| 2019 | SATREPS project (2020-2025) |
Optimal prevention and control of livestock infectious diseases as well as safe meat production using the integrated epidemic prevention technologies are realized in Thailand.
Integrated novel technologies for the prevention and control of livestock infectious diseases are established in Thailand.
