Vietnam: PRRS helpless before

Saturday, on 14/08/2010, 17:15
(24h News) - With nearly 36,000 blue ear pig disease has killed and destroyed, agricultural damage throughout the country thousands of billion dong. However, the agricultural sector and local authorities are still not making effective measures against the epidemic, in addition to propaganda, ditches and destroyed pig respiratory disease.

Meanwhile, according to local reports at the conference "Implementation of urgent measures to prevent blue ear disease" by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held in HCM City yesterday, the disease situation that is not relieved We have a strong tendency outbreak spread faster.

Damage increases with speed transmission

According to his calculations Cao Van Hoa, Deputy Director of Agriculture and Rural Development in Tien Giang province, local heaviest suffered by the blue ear pig, with 14,800 dead and destroyed (nearly 50% of pig disease country), the loss of over 500 billion. If this includes damage to services trade, slaughter, transport, the amount of damage up to 1,000 billion.

Thus, nearly 36,000 pigs were killed and destroyed in 21 provinces and cities have service (up to this point) of the farmers claimed more than 2,000 billion VND. According to information from his chemistry, sources of pork and Tien Giang provinces almost no time, we have the fears of consumers purchasing a pig disease, while other markets are also limited. But consumption of resources that farmers expect a price drop in HCMC also tragic.

The provincial leaders are thought to concentrate the slaughter, and frozen pork to health resources, to minimize damage to people.

With Chairman Vo Lam Phi Khanh Hoa province to declare the epidemic began on 6/8 at 6 communes of four districts, with nearly 200 sick pigs. But just over a week, on 13 / 8, had 36 communes in 6 districts with nearly 3,000 infected pigs.

With the situation spread too fast, only a few days, the disease will "cover" the province, except the district of Changsha. Khanh Hoa new disease destroyed 1303 pigs, 1700 pigs still awaiting destruction and disease remains unpredictable happenings. Estimated funding only anti-epidemic, Khanh Hoa need 11 billion.

"We can say the fight against PRRS herd is nearly over as we're not using your hands. We only know there are excellent reef, only a few pesticides with lime! ". Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Cao Duc Phat.
With the Mekong Delta, which is where the outbreak was powerful and complicated, the current local government is very difficult to foresee the ability to control the epidemic. This region is beginning to flood, those that are translated are difficult in the destruction or burial.

Many places were identified pig disease floating around the canals, making the risk of epidemic spin out of control. Now in Ho Chi Minh City, Department of Animal Health are very tired every day determined to go salvage pig disease in canals bordering the provinces of Long An win for destruction, the people thrown into the service, even where the epidemic has not yet appeared . HCM City concerned not know the ability to "hold focus" is to day.

According to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat, because so far, all vaccines that Vietnam will not be effective, or not long-time effects, anti-epidemic work should be mainly based on practical experience local policy measures from previous outbreaks.