Saturday, August 14, 2010

Vietnam: Blue Ear Update

08/14/2010
Excerpt:
Meanwhile, at the meeting the Steering Committee of national prevention of avian influenza and diseases on cattle (MARD), Mr. Hoang Van Nam, Acting Director of Animal Health (MARD) said the changes Blue ear pig in the provinces of South and Central complex, in the provinces of Soc Trang, Tien Giang, Long An and Dak Lak PRRS had occurred on a large scale and changes are bad.

Caused by the delayed detection, support policies consistent disease not caused many farmers have tried selling sick pigs, even more dangerous due to the nature of the epidemic, combined with favorable weather conditions for virus survival and spread

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Also at this meeting, representatives of Department of Livestock said before, when the epidemic occurred in the north have the same status, the meat is transported to the South, so the current epidemic is complicated at South should strengthen guidance not to happen the animals and meat in the South against the North running back during the service.

Statistics of the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), to this point the country had 238 communes, 34 districts of 17 provinces had disease swine blue ear not over 21 days with 50,000 pigs infected and were destruction, mainly in southern and some central provinces. Lam Dong province was added to the latest map blue ear disease epidemiology.

MARD has also requested the Department of veterinary local organization of inspection and supervision of disease across geographical areas, and review vaccination vaccine for pigs must be at least 80%, as well as establishing the temporary checkpoints on main traffic.

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