Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Vietnam: Avian Flu & Foot & Mouth Still Raging in some Provinces/Cities

Interested in prevention and disease for cattle, poultry

April 8, 2010

ND - From the Lunar New Year so far, avian flu, foot and mouth disease in cattle again raging in some provinces and cities, causing thousands of poultry, cattle disease.

Immediately after detecting the disease, the local initiative in carrying out anti-epidemic measures. However, because of complicated disease and the subjectivity of people have created favorable conditions for disease spread and development.

According to experts, the causes of recurrent disease on livestock and poultry vaccination is due process and implementation measures for prevention of people at the grassroots level and bad.

The most worried is the status of transportation, slaughtering and trading of poultry products is widespread, very difficult to control; the quarantine of animals is limited, so it can not detect cattle are incubation.

In addition, although people's awareness in the prevention and diseases have been raised, but not less farmers also subjective, not implemented the measures for prevention seriously.

In some localities, diagnostic capacity of veterinary staff is weak.
Households when the disease is not detected immediately with vets that arbitrarily treated with traditional measures, causing difficulties in detecting and stamping service enclosure.

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