Vietnam: Hai Phong: Nearly 3,000 pigs were treated against blue ear disease

June 3, 2010
According to Hai Phong Animal Health Department, the city has nearly 3,000 pigs were treated against blue ear disease. Pigs is concentrated in the districts of Kien Thuy, An Duong, Thuy Nguyen, An Vinh and Lao Bao.
This is the result of collaboration between the Department of Animal Health with localities of the city in detecting and isolating sick pigs to proceed under green ear treatment regimen. Reportedly, Hai Phong is the first local implementation of national policies to support money for drug treatment of pigs infected with blue ear to farmers with the motto "the rescue effort, minimize the destruction dead pigs, major illness. " Although there are nearly 17,000 pigs infected with blue ear in 12 districts, but, the local governments still actively monitoring and statistics for pig ill treatment guided by dismantlement. Obvious effect of the cure for the disease of pigs, farmers in the district regular contact, working closely with veterinary staff to conduct large isolated to treat illness as prescribed, not selling pigs hide illness or disease as the initial time to appear. Thus, blue ear pig disease has been localized, controlled, not spread further.
Especially in the basis of large-scale animal husbandry, pigs are safe, without any basis is blue ear disease. Dead pigs culled in the province have decreased rather than here, not only bring benefits to farmers but also help protect the environment from being polluted by the burial and destruction of swine. /.