Sick cattle provided to poor people

11:58' 22/01/2009 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vice Chief of the Veterinary Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said some cattle in Long An and Kon Tum provinces were reported to catch foot-and-mouth disease. All of them are provided by poverty alleviation projects. According to the official, Hoang Van Nam, 17 cows infected with foot-and-mouth disease in Nhut Ninh commune, Tan Tru district, the southern province of Long An all came from a poverty reduction project run by the provincial Women’s Union. These cows were bought from traders without quarantine check. They were then provided to poor farmers. Ill cows in Ngoc Hoi and Dak Glei, Kon Tum Province were bought by the provincial Agricultural Centre from Long An province to give to farmers. Six places in Kon Tum are reported with foot-and-mouth epidemic. Nam warned the import of cattle from this province to another with quarantine check is very dangerous. The Deputy Director of the Kon Tum Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of foot-and-mouth epidemic in the province, after two years free from this disease.