Vietnam: Vinh Long - Blue Ear Pig Disease

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25/08/2010
According to the Steering Committee for Prevention Service (PSC PCD) province, although all measures have been actively stamping service deployment but far blue ear pig is still very complex evolution, high-speed transmission and no signs of them.

To date 23 / 8, blue ear pig disease has spread and appeared in 8 / 8 districts with 68 communes, wards and towns have service. Total number of households with infected pigs is the 582 households with 10,591 children, which, with 9,662 children infected, killed 1907 children, 2562 child destruction, monitoring and treatment-selling 7034 children 47 children.

In total 32 test samples sent to the 31 samples had positive results (in which a sample positive for avian influenza viruses).

Before the evolution of increasingly complex blue ear pig, the provincial Animal Health Department has intensified its quarantine, disinfect disinfected transport livestock, poultry exporting province to step up inspection and supervision slaughter and sale of pork, while actively disinfect disinfectant in the market buying and selling livestock, meat stalls, the slaughterhouse ... Specifically, on 2 / 8 to 18 / 8, the province exported 26,698 quarantined pigs, destroyed 1.5 tons of processed meat of unknown origin; control slaughtering 14,663 pigs, ...

In addition to facilitate the work of stamping service, Department of Animal Health also conducted the services identified, the epidemic threatened and buffer for mapping blue ear pig disease epidemiology in the province. Besides, the veterinary station eight districts implementing communications, allocation prevention materials for farmers, and treatment guidelines swine disease, swine handling process dead .. .

But so far, the epidemic is still pressing difficulties. PSC PCD levels have not really actively monitor organizational diagnosis. The handling of the first outbreak are not synchronized, not isolated radical epidemic areas. Most outbreaks were discovered mainly through the people and most households have to be declared as infected pig time prolonged. Not to mention the hidden epidemic or people selling cheap herd that refused to cooperate with veterinary agencies This not only deprives the farmers but also for the work of disease control professionals become more difficult.

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