Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Vietnam: Dien Bien district to actively prevent and combat diseases of cattle, poultry

20/10/2010

DBP - Promoting the advantages of natural conditions and human resources, the people in the districts of Dien Bien thriving livestock herds and poultry.
As of early October, the total livestock and poultry in the province reached 837,000, up nearly 8% over the same period in 2009.

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in cattle in 2010 the first phase occurred in the province of Dien Bien district, about 800 cattle, swine disease, was about 15% of infected cattle die. Some communal areas such as external Na Swallow, Muong Phang and Muong Pon ... harmoharrgic occurrence, flat bowl, swollen head, cholera ... almost 300 children infected cattle and the dead; avian influenza appeared in three Thanh Hung commune, Yen Thanh and Do Luong, destroyed nearly 8,000 birds, waterfowl ... no small damage to farms. Causes and diseases on livestock, poultry, many, but mostly people tactiem overlooked rooms full of prescribed vaccines.

Currently, livestock conditions in the district is still insufficient, such as breeding dispersal, by size of family farms mixed residential, environmental sanitation is not ensured. In particular, in areas outside the villages, people do not properly understand the importance of vaccination and for a department that vaccination, affecting the growth of livestock. Local authorities in some places subjective, neglected, considering the prevention is the responsibility of industry professionals. In the autumn and winter weather this year is forecast complicated, easy to affect the health of cattle and poultry, to create favorable conditions for pathogens arise and cause disease ...

With the goal of "prevention is key," Dien Bien district out many practical solutions, focused to promote the dissemination of information in various forms, to raise community awareness of epidemic prevention. For proactive prevention of diseases for livestock and poultry in the autumn and winter, the DPC and the authorities in the province has been actively testing, closely monitor the disease situation in cattle, poultry. At the same time, we recommend the base rate of preventive vaccination for livestock and poultry was low, where the old epidemic, where adjacent areas to prevent an outbreak of infectious diseases such as foot and mouth risk diseases, avian influenza. In particular, farmers improve self-discipline to obey the regulations on prevention, livestock biosecurity.

To date, Dien Bien district Veterinary Station vaccine made periodically for the autumn-winter livestock such as a vaccine thermal carbon bovine, harmoharrgic cattle, pigs, pig cholera; complete the FMD vaccination nose first, second nose with high results; FMD vaccination in national vaccination programs a nose nearly 10,000 cattle and nose 2 to more than 4,000 pigs; H5N1 vaccine a nose for over 198,000 birds and nose for more than 266,000 children 2. District Veterinary Station also coordinate with grassroots government organizations thousands of liters of chemical spray and a large amount of lime to antidotal, disinfect all cages, breeding areas and the surrounding area; sanitation widespread, especially in densely populated areas, livestock facilities, and slaughter of high-risk areas. In the future, Dien Bien district Veterinary Station continues to closely monitor animal forum, detection, timely treatment of disease, positive malaria prevention for cattle, not to large epidemics occur.

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