"Map of blue ear" spread

Labor Day 126 of 04/06/2010 Updated: 7:45 AM, 04/06/2010

Both the "lead" and "fishing" were down the pit. Photo: Vinh Hai.
(Labor) - Just one day early in June, seven households have blue ear pig disease in the neighborhood Shenzhen Gloves (Social News Pictures, Phu Luong district, Thai Nguyen) has destroyed nearly 5 tons of pork - with the volume of consumption destroy the commune since the outbreak.
Many other localities in the area in Thai Nguyen green ear are gathering for collective destruction of swine, to control "map blue ear" has spread over 31 communes in five districts.

Both the "lead" and "fishing" down hole

01.06 pm, Mr. Hoang Van Thuong - Village in Shenzhen Gloves - thanks to some young neighbors, under the direction of veterinary staff "held off" 51 pigs infected with blue ear flap hill near the house. He often lamented: "Pigs are killed both her big pig, pig will now also not to cause to be kept. So both the lead and down hole fishing, get home I know what to pay 30 million bank debt. "

Already the world, families still spend money for medical bills when the new pig pig signs of illness. Each pig nose to inject 13 per day, you pay around 220 thousand drug per day for the whole flock. Only when not cured, his family often notice the new animal health officials After this outbreak, neighbors Shenzhen gloves do not know when to rebuild the new pigs. According to the CPC News Pictures, nearly 10 tons of pig infected 38 households, of 10 neighbors was destroyed, and set up three checkpoints on the road to the commune.

Similarly in the News Pictures, Tan Duc (Phu Binh district) is also promoting the collection of all pigs with signs of disease away destruction. 11/17 neighbor in the village had a translation, with mass destruction to be over 5 tons. Mr. Dao Van Khuong - Vice Chairman Tan German - unfortunately expensive: "To date (1.6), we have nearly reached the milestone on 21 not arise outbreak. So that more households have detected swine disease, so must be held as soon destroyed. "

One of the protection service is newly discovered Vietnamese Nguyen Hung - Village in command, had destroyed all the pigs to carry pepper spray decontamination identical pens.

"Map of blue ear" in Thai Nguyen province has spread to 31 communes in five districts: Phu Binh, Phu Luong district, Dong Hy, Vo district Chew, TP.Thai Highlands.

According to the Thai Nguyen Department of Animal Health, the local infection is the key service areas such as Phu Binh district (14/21 communal service, destroyed more than 47 tons of pig), Phu Luong (8 communes and towns have translated, destroying over 21 tons of pig), in addition to translation appeared scattered. There has announced the local service, but actually only 1-2 households epidemic and destroyed, basically well controlled.

As of the province, some pigs had to be destroyed over 70 tonnes. Le Dac Vinh - Department of Animal Health Department, Thai Nguyen - said: "The hot weather creates conditions for the blue ear disease other than development, reducing the resistance of pigs not infected pigs caused increased risk ear infection over the green. Departments are local guide to promote the destruction of swine, pepper spray to put out the same detoxification services. "

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Epidemic broke out again in Tan Duc as soon expire 21 days no outbreak.

While many are stretching their local stamping service, there are places in the area but were soon translated subjective feeling empty translation. Go into service in some areas of Phu Binh district, we have witnessed the side of pork sold in markets toads, even pork reflect only the CPC as long as 50 meters in Phu Luong - where the epidemic The first and until now has spread throughout the provinces of Thai Nguyen.

Path to social services also have not seen checkpoints. The buyer, the seller can open as local services were announced off. Similarly, in some wards as decision TP.Thai Thang Nguyen, Thinh Dan, pork unknown origin still sold openly.

After receiving information of pork sold in the translated region, Mr. Le Dac Vinh, said: "The above-mentioned localities have not fully translated and will direct the local veterinary agency advised the government managed close the sale and transportation of pigs in the epidemic. "

Chief Veterinary Station Station Phu Binh recognized status "is that" people selling pork in the service by ignoring the local steering committee is in control. Phu Binh district has set a goal: to destroy all 5.6 on pig disease epidemic in the region, then pepper spray decontamination coincide with high doses to completely put out the translation.

DA stops bird, poultry imports from bird flu-stricken Italian city

06/03/2010 06:52 PM

The Philippines’ Agriculture department ordered a temporary ban on importing bird and poultry products from a northern Italian city after authorities confirmed outbreaks of bird flu or avian influenza (H5N1) there.

Department of Agriculture Secretary Bernie Fondevilla issued the ban after the Office International des Epizooties (World Organization on Animal Health) confirmed outbreaks of avian influenza in Bergamo in Lombardy, Italy, the DA said in a statement on Thursday.

The department said the European Commission’s Health and Consumers Directorate General confirmed the presence of low pathogenic avian influenza in two poultry holdings in Bergamo.

The department also ordered the immediate suspension of the processing and issuance of Veterinary Quarantine Clearances (VQCs) to all imports covering products from the banned area.

Fondevilla stressed the poultry industry in the Philippines has remained free of bird flu ever since the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain struck Asia seven years ago. Brunei, Singapore, and the Philippines are the only avian influenza-free countries in Southeast Asia.

To protect the local industry, the DA has set up Community-Based Early Warning Systems (CBEWS) in selected communities identified as high-risk in contacting the virus. The CBEWS would orient the communities on avian influenza mortalities, possible AI cases, and smuggling of poultry and exotic birds from avian influenza-infected countries.

The department also tapped the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to implement the Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (AVET) Program to strengthen the capacity of local field veterinary services in designing and managing disease surveillance and conducting outbreak investigations.

The national government has four Regional Avian Influenza Diagnostic Laboratories (RAIDLs) in Zamboanga City, Cagayan de Oro City, Cebu City, and San Fernando City in Pampanga. These complement the Avian Influenza Laboratory at the Philippine Animal Health Center of the BAI, the country’s first diagnostic facility meant to promptly detect the H5N1 virus.

Vietnam: Meeting to discuss measures against cholera in Ben Tre

6/3/2010
While investigating the source is not contagious, but through the analysis of experts at the meeting showed that the cholera in this local spread risk from water sources.

> Bệnh tả có nguy cơ thành dịch tại Bến Tre" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">Afternoon 3 / 6, in Ben Tre province, representing the Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City is meeting with the Steering Committee and disease prevention Ben bamboo desk solution to deal with outbreaks of cholera are local.

Up to Date 3 / 6, Ben Tre province has 24 cases of cholera and more than 200 cases of acute diarrhea, concentrated in the South Mo Cay District, Mo Cay North, Giong Trom.

Therefore, to deal with the cholera outbreak risk across the board, the professional body under the Ministry of Health to coordinate with the health sector and the government of Ben Tre provincial implementation of emergency measures from the prevention, treatment of patients to the propaganda and education in the community, which focused disease management good sources, treatment and patient advocacy on food hygiene. /.

Vietnam: Ben proposal announced cholera

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It is known, PM 26 / 5, Ben Tre Province Health Department report, has recorded 12 cholera patients and nearly 50 other patients with acute diarrhea.

03.06.2010,
Ben proposal announced cholera

According to the General Hospital of Cu Lao Minh City, Mo Cay district Nam (Ben Tre), to this afternoon, 3.6, there were 209 patients hospitalized with diarrhea treatment. Of these, the central province of Preventive Medicine, said 19 patients have tested positive for cholera bacteria, in other cases are suspicious signs.

Notably, to date, the cause of outbreaks and major factors causing the spread has not been determined.

Hospital: Overload

Calculated from the first patient in Tan Phu Tay commune, Mo Cay District North, to 31.5 cases there were 15 patients in two districts of North and Mo Mo Cay South Cay is determined to be positive for cholera bacteria. Besides, 39 cases of diarrhea are signs of suspected cholera were treated in hospital Cu Lao Minh, Nam Mo Cay.

Dr. Le Quang Trung, deputy director general hospital Cu Lao Minh area concerned: the rate of spread alarmingly, each hospital must receive on average 10 cases of diarrhea. Meanwhile, hospitals Cu Lao Minh area only 350 beds. In particular, science has only 45 beds spread.

This fact shows that overload has exceeded 4 times the capacity of treatment. If severe cases receiving hemodialysis will be the hospital anything about it. Therefore, according to China, for quarantine treatment of diarrhea, the Cu Lao Minh hospital must transfer patients with diarrhea not related to treatment in other departments. Despite many cases still have to monitor treatment in transmission corridor science.

Nearly three-week outbreak, Ben still can not find the cause, although the central provinces of Preventive Medicine, Institute Pasteur, public health and hygiene city. HCM was there to review the disease situation, water sampling, sample analysis to determine the transmission route and measures to prevent coordination.

Under these circumstances, the provincial Health Department has sent a written request of the provincial Health announced cholera in two northern districts of Mo Cay and South Cay mine.

According to hospital doctors Sanitation City public health. City, brackish water delivery season and weather conditions are good for cholera spread quickly. Therefore, the cholera outbreak extended as unavoidable risk.

Embarrassing deal

In such circumstances, the health sector only propagating epidemic prevention measures are key. Thereby, the agencies noted on the rivers of water that people are using for the purpose of life can cause an outbreak and community mobilization cooked, take nine.

Currently, Ben Tre focus for most activities of treatment - anti-epidemic. However, according to Dr Le Quang Trung, if approved funding for anti-epidemic hospital can completely free treatment to patients. Also present, only patients with free drugs is supported from Preventive Medicine. Thus, patients describe only free treatment when the disease was officially announced.

According to experts, cholera is not too critical if they are hospitalized from the start of treatment. But, as overload stress when the patient has recovered but has no negative results have also continued inpatient wait for the results.

Biggest concern now is not to stop cholera in the northern Mo Cay district, Nam Mo Cay, Cho Lach that there were three patients in Thanh Phu district, five patients Vung Liem District and Long Lake (Vinh Long) and a patient in Tri Ton district (An Giang) ...

Vietnam: Dengue An Giang & Dong Thap

6/3/10

Center for Preventive Medicine in An Giang said the province first five months of 1057 to detect dengue cases, increased 1.8 times compared to last year and three cases have been fatal. Meanwhile Center of Preventive Medicine, Dong Thap, said this about the same time, the province detected 743 dengue cases (two deaths), up 55% over the same period in 2009.

Vietnam: Alarms patients Streptococcus infection

03/06/2010
From April to now, in the central region has 28 suspected cases of Streptococcus from pigs, in which four cases were fatal. In particular, some localities have not happened even blue ear pig disease, but still have the infection.

Doctor (BS) Duong Van Sinh, head of the Emergency Resuscitation, Hospital (Hospital) Hue Central, said the hospital last year received only from 1-2 patients infected with Streptococcus pig (LCKH) each months, but back here in two months, the number of hospitalized cases infected LCKH skyrocketed.

2 months, 28 patients

In April - 5 / 2010, this hospital has received treatment for 28 cases and in the central region are infected LCKH. The latest case is a patient N. in Quang Ngai province, was hospitalized on the afternoon of 21 / 5 and 22.5 deaths dawn. Thua Thien - Hue also two deaths, that is the case Le Huu pp., 55, resident of Phu Luong and Nguyen Thanh D., 27, resident Thuan An town, Phu Vang district together.

According to BS Biology, LCKH patients diagnosed through blood and cultured based on epidemiological factors, clinical symptoms. Usually patients infected after transplantation of blood LCKH are matched pig streptococcus bacteria in the skin. But there are patients who do not appear because the pig streptococcus bacteria had previously been treated early and proper antibiotic dosage. However, based on factors such as prior disease arises, the patient eat pork products, the clinical symptoms in human patients, the doctor will have appropriate treatment.

Sick after 3-4 hours of exposure to pathogens

According to BS Biology, just 3-4 hours after exposure to pathogens, patients get sick with symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, loose bowel movement, the fatigue. Especially, patients need not go out that the service distribution, organ failure, clotting disorders, respiratory failure, meningitis and fatal discharge. Therefore, patients should be incorporated into the medical facility as soon as possible and treated promptly.

The doctor said there LCKH in all organs, especially in the respiratory system of blue ear pig disease. In Vietnam, killed by stick pig blood, as all are products from infected pigs. When people eat these products, the risk is very high. In cases in which receiving Hue Central Hospital, patients only have to eat three pieces of boiled pork is available in markets. Particularly with people just eat more beef and noodle soup LCKH goats also infected. The reason being is put into the crucible of pork, and goat blood pudding blood pudding mixed with infected pigs.

Vietnam: Generating multiple new outbreak of blue ear

June 3, 2010
The Department of Animal Health, PRRS continues to generate new outbreaks in some provinces, the risk of large-scale epidemic in the future are great. Under these circumstances, the local Department proposal to make drastic measures for prevention and prescribed.

In Quang Ninh, PRRS continues to arise more in the town 02 new communes in Ha Dam (Dam Ha district) and Vu Oai commune (Hoanh Bo district). Thus, far from the first outbreak, Quang Ninh province has 47 communes, wards and towns in 09 districts with PRRS. Total number of pigs infected to date is 1/6/2010 6815 children, of death and destruction is 2852 children.

In Lang Son on 31 / 5, additional services incurred in Tan Thanh Huu Lung District. This is the second 31 communes of Lang Son has PRRS. Earlier in this province, on 25 / 5 to 30/5/2010, has incurred additional 6 new outbreak in the communes of Dong Jia, retired, Trang Phai (Van Quan), Le Social Production (District High Loc), Cai Kinh commune (Huu Lung District) and the Tokyo wards (tp Lang Son).

Also in Thai Nguyen, also continue to service more students in the communes of Dong Du Dat and town of Phu Luong district. Infected pigs in these communes are 7 children under two households. This is also the 31st outbreak in Thai Nguyen province. To date, the total number of pigs infected by the province is 3476, in which the number of dead and forced more than 2300 children are destroyed.

According to the Department of Animal Health, situation is still complicated, the risk of large-scale epidemic is huge, the localities should implement drastic measures for prevention and according to regulations, farmers warned hygiene and disinfect cages and risk areas at the same time the strict implementation of the vaccine other serious diseases in pigs. /.

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. /.

India: Pre-monsoon diseases on the rise in Alappuzha

Kerala

Jun 03, 2010

ALAPPUZHA: Even as the south-west monsoon is playing hide and seek with the State, seasonal contagious diseases have started making their presence felt across the district.

While health authorities insist that there is nothing yet to worry about, they agree that precautionary measures have been set into motion. K.M. Sirabudin, District Medical Officer, said a campaign against vector-borne and viral diseases, with focus on dengue, Leptospirosis (rat fever) and jaundice was already on.

The public had been asked to observe at least one dry day a week, making sure that there were no avenues for mosquitoes to breed with steps being taken to avoid stagnation of water in any form around the house.

Fogging operations too were being undertaken in most areas, with special focus in four wards in the Kayamkulam municipality, from where six suspected of cases of dengue were reported recently.

Dengue cases

Of these, one had been confirmed and the patient was out of danger, Mr. Sirabudin, who visited the area on Wednesday, told The Hindu.

However, he denied reports in the vernacular media that the district was in the grip of viral fever and that there were a couple of deaths due to fever.

“We have not received any confirmed official reports on any such case,” he said.

Enquiries at primary health centres however, confirmed that there was a rise in the number of viral fever cases being reported at these centres, most of them on the coastal belt of the district. PHCs and a couple of private nursing homes at Chettikad, Kalavoor, Arthunkal and Muhamma have seen at least 100 persons each, most of them complaining of throat pain, shivering and body pains, in the last one week alone.

High incidence of viral fever has been reported from the Kuttanad region, Mararikulam and Ambalapuzha areas.

Leptospirosis cases too have been reported from various regions of the district. According to Health department sources, 27 cases of the fever were reported from January so far, with three deaths as well.

Most of the Leptospirosis cases were reported among labourers participating in canal de-silting/paddy field preparation works under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes.

India: Nine more taken ill - Karnataka

Madikeri: Nine more persons were reportedly suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea at Balaji village in the Mayamudi Gram Panchayat limits in Kodagu district, and were being treated at Gonicoppa Community Health Centre, according to a press release received here on Wednesday. Balaji village comes under the Balele Primary Health Centre.

Health workers and ASHA volunteers have been deputed to the spot to attend to the patients, according to the District Health Officer.

People living in villages in and around Balaji have been advised to maintain personal hygiene and drink only purified water. Steps have been taken to chlorinate water sources in the villages and tablets have been supplied as a precautionary measure.

Efforts were on to prevent the spread of dengue and chikungunya in Karike village, which comes under Bhagamandala Primary Health Centre. District Health officials had confirmed four cases of dengue in Karike on Tuesday. Four teams of health officials had been constituted to visit households in Karike village. Apart from doctors in the Ayurvedic Hospital in Karike, medical officers from the Napoklu and Bhagamandala primary health centres are at work in Karike.

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Vietnam: No new cases of A/H1N1 and H5N1 detected over past month

No new outbreaks of A/H1N1 and H5N1 epidemics have been discovered over the past month, announced the Ministry of Health on June 2.

This demonstrates that Vietnam has gradually got epidemics under control, said ministry officials.

So far, 11,211 people have been infected by the A/H1N1 virus, including 58 fatalities. The Health Ministry has also warned that many dangerous diseases, including acute diarrhea and malaria, are likely to spread.

Since the beginning of this year, 31 people in eight provinces and cities have contracted the vibrio cholarae bacteria, while 9,714 others have been infected by malaria, including 4 deaths.

Vietnam: Ben is pleased to announce cholera

06/02/2010
Doctor Nguyen Van Thang - Deputy Director of Ben Tre Department of Health, said this situation, pm 30 / 5, Ben Tre province have submitted written proposals to the Health Ministry announced cholera occurring in areas areas, and support the Province in disease prevention.

Although the Health Ministry has not yet announced but is translated in the province is implementing measures to prevent disease as against the spirit of service, meeting the people to self-government propaganda and speakers so that people understand and jointly National Anti-epidemic.

It is known, PM 26 / 5, Ben Tre Province Health Department report, has recorded 12 cholera patients and nearly 50 other patients with acute diarrhea.

Patients most concentrated in Mo Cay District South (9 cases), Mo Cay North (2 cases), Cho Lach district and the latest (one case). We have not determined the source of cholera infections for control measures.

Compared with other provinces is positive cholera cases in April: City (7 cases), An Giang (5 cases), Hai Duong (5 cases), Hanoi (1 song), Bac Ninh (1 song) Ben Tre Province has the highest number of cholera patients.

Information from the Department of Preventive Health (MOH) said the Department had received written requests for disclosure of cholera in Ben Tre Province. Department who is appointed to review the situation to consider.
As prescribed by the Ministry of Health, announced the disease does not depend on the number of cases of disease that depends on many different factors such as the ability to control the outbreak of cases ...

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Vietnam: Ben Tre: H5N1 in Poultry Outbreak

02/06/2010

Veterinary Department, said Ben Tre Ben Tre province decided to announce bird flu in the province and the commune of An Binh An Ngai Tay Tay (Ba Tri District). PPC also simultaneously direct the departments and of Ba Tri District People's Committees to immediately implement measures for prevention in the province.

Previously, avian influenza epidemics occur over flock of 768 children 41 days old Nguyen Thi Oanh households live Giong Turn Village, An Ngai Tay commune, which has infected 606 children, 162 children died. It is worth saying is that local service is now occurring outbreak year old, her flock Oanh was not properly vaccinated, vaccination is only a tip on 2/3/2010, two days after injection the sick and dead ducks. Currently, the veterinary sector and the function of Ben Tre province strengthening preventive hygiene, managed the business situation, movement of poultry slaughter.

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Australia: Seasonal Flu Vaccine Remains Suspended for young children without risk factors - Advice from the Chief Medical Officer

Australian Government
Department of Health and Ageing
Professor Jim Bishop AO
MD MMed MBBS FRACP FRCPA
Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer
1 June 2010

After consideration of the results to date of a comprehensive investigation into the safety of the seasonal flu vaccine for young children, I have advised, that as a precaution, the suspension of seasonal flu vaccination should continue for healthy children under five years of age.

Since the first reports of a higher than usual occurrence of fever with convulsions in young children following seasonal flu vaccination in WA in April, investigations nationally have confirmed that a small number of children aged under five across the country have experienced fever with convulsions in the 24 hours after vaccination with the 2010 seasonal influenza vaccine. These reactions have been associated mainly with Fluvax, manufactured by CSL.

The investigation conducted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), in association with the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) and the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance has identified no apparent clinical, biological or epidemiological factors that would explain the higher than expected observed rates of fever with convulsions. Laboratory testing of the vaccine by the TGA and an audit of the CSL manufacturing plant have also revealed no abnormalities to explain this event. However this investigation is continuing.

Nevertheless, to date, epidemiological analyses point to a rate of febrile convulsions in children aged under five years following 2010 seasonal influenza vaccination of about 9 per 1000 children vaccinated, while the expected rate would be less than 1 per 1000.

While I am recommending that healthy children aged under five years not be vaccinated with seasonal flu vaccine this year, where a child aged under five has medical risk factors that would cause serious health effects for the child if they got the flu, parents should discuss with their doctor whether, on clinical evaluation of the risks and benefits, a seasonal flu vaccination would be the best option.

Doctors should note that, while a higher rate of febrile convulsions has been identified using Fluvax, insufficient doses of this season’s Influvac and Vaxigrip vaccines have been used in children in this age group to accurately determine the rates for these vaccines. In addition, as the cause of the increase in febrile convulsions is not yet known, caution should be exercised.

In addition, the alternative for both healthy children and those with risk factors is the swine flu vaccine, Panvax, which has been shown to be safe and effective in young children and is freely available.

Influenza itself often causes fever in young children which can lead to convulsions and flu vaccine can also produce these side effects but there is a clear signal that the rate of fever with convulsions is higher with this year's vaccine across all jurisdictions.

The investigation found that, while there are some cases of fever with convulsions associated with the swine flu vaccine, these were in line with the expected rate of side effects for a flu vaccine based on the swine flu vaccine clinical trials and experience with seasonal flu vaccines in previous years, both in Australia and internationally.

The TGA will continue to work with overseas Regulators and the US CDC in Atlanta to ascertain the scientific reason for this phenomenon.

WHO: new basis for H5N1 vaccine developed

/02 Jun 2010

Scientists have used bird flu virus samples from Egypt to develop a new basis for a vaccine against the toxic H5N1 strain that continues to circulate, the World Health Organization said.

The WHO said the candidate virus was developed at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta "thanks to the ministry of health and population of Egypt, for providing virus specimens".

"This recombinant vaccine virus is available for distribution," it said in a statement. "Institutions, companies and others interested in pandemic vaccine development who wish to receive these candidate vaccine viruses should contact either the WHO Global Influenza Program ... or the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention."

Pharmaceutical companies including Novartis are already working on vaccines against H5N1 bird flu, which has killed or forced the culling of more than 300 million birds since 2003 as it spread to 61 countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization reported 250 outbreaks of H5N1 in birds in February alone -- in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal and Vietnam.

Avian influenza has killed 261 people out of 424 infected since 2003.

Its statement on said flu experts were continuing to monitor the evolution of avian influenza and other flu viruses and stressed the need for countries to keep providing samples of identified strains.

"Countries are encouraged to share with WHO their specimens and/or isolates, both from humans and animals, for their inclusion in the WHO H5N1 vaccine virus development and selection process, in addition to other activities of public health significance," it said.

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Puzzling inefficiency of H5N1 influenza vaccines in Egyptian poultry

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States

Contributed by Robert G. Webster, May 10, 2010 (sent for review March 1, 2010)

Abstract
In Egypt, efforts to control highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in poultry and in humans have failed despite increased biosecurity, quarantine, and vaccination at poultry farms. The ongoing circulation of HP H5N1 avian influenza in Egypt has caused >100 human infections and remains an unresolved threat to veterinary and public health. Here, we describe that the failure of commercially available H5 poultry vaccines in Egypt may be caused in part by the passive transfer of maternal H5N1 antibodies to chicks, inhibiting their immune response to vaccination. We propose that the induction of a protective immune response to H5N1 is suppressed for an extended period in young chickens. This issue, among others, must be resolved and additional steps must be taken before the outbreaks in Egypt can be controlled.

1. Jeong-Ki Kima,b,
2. Ghazi Kayalia,
3. David Walkera,
4. Heather L. Forresta,
5. Ali H. Ellebedya,
6. Yolanda S. Griffina,
7. Adam Rubruma,
8. Mahmoud M. Bahgatc,
9. M. A. Kutkatd,
10. M. A. A. Alie,
11. Jerry R. Aldridgea,
12. Nicholas J. Negoveticha,
13. Scott Kraussa,
14. Richard J. Webbya,f, and
15. Robert G. Webstera,f,1

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518 communes and wards nationwide outbreak of blue ear pig

06/01/2010 22:27

(HNMO) - Days 1-6, at the Steering Committee meeting national bird flu prevention, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan said that many localities are still suspended in the room , swine against PRRS.

In about a half months, although only add Son La province (No. 16 provinces in the country PRRS), but worrying, in the provinces and cities have service, number of communes, wards arising outbreak renewed surge. Specifically 18-5 on the past, the country has only 289 communes of 52 districts of 15 provinces and cities have translated, with a total of 78,600 pigs infected children, but on 1-6, the country has a total of 518 communes of 75 districts of 16 provinces and cities occurs PRRS, pigs infected with approximately 150,000 children (in that, destruction of 66,000 children).
Mr. Diep Kinh Tan said that besides the provinces and implement combat service, stamping service zoned good results, yet the provinces are not really interested in the anti-epidemic, from which to translate disease arising increasingly complex ... At this, Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan asked to coordinate with the Department of Animal Health Animal Husbandry Department allowed some local temporary control of blue ear pig is transported in the area, to promote consumption, removing difficulties for farmers.

Egypt: Health announces the stability of the swine flu virus mutates

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

In conjunction with the timing of the emergence of swine flu virus, the annual, which falls this month in the world, Ministry of Health announced this afternoon a constant level of the evolution of influenza virus emerging ah1n1 known as swine flu, confirmed that so far there is no evidence that there is a mutation in the virus or Mqhumich to Tamiflu of the viruses that were isolated from patients in Egypt.

Dr. Nasr El Sayed, Assistant Minister of Health for Preventive Medicine, that there is continued cooperation with reference laboratories and research bodies in order to pursue the development of influenza virus and infectious and the laboratory to monitor any changes in the characteristics of the virus or severity of the disease caused him, even now there was no evidence that there is a mutation in the virus or resistance to Tamiflu, and there is no new types of otherwise conventional seasonal influenza or laboratory evidence on potential new wave of the disease at this time.

Mr, it is the follow-up the global situation of influenza emerging swine flu, as the number of countries infected with the disease so far 214 countries around the world and the number of deaths confirmed experimentally 18 114 cases, indicating a decline in the prevalence of disease, the continent of Africa and the tropics.

And the epidemic situation in Egypt, he pointed out that the total confirmed cases to the laboratory were 16 356 cases, pointing out that the increase in the number of detected cases of the disease began in the months of November and December 2009 and January 2010, they ranged between 2226 cases and 8064 state and then receded disease with the beginning of February 2010, reaching 284 cases to have decreased proliferation and say the numbers dramatically, with cases ranging between 56 to 93 cases during the months of March and April and May 2010.

The Assistant to the Minister that the number of deaths from the disease reached 280 and 115 of them in the month of December alone, and the rest 112 cases in January 2010 and then declining number to 12 cases in February, and three cases in each of the months of March and April and May 2010 and found that 79% of the deaths have chronic diseases and risk factors for global diseases such as heart and blood vessels, chest, kidneys, liver, diabetes and obesity, in addition to pregnancy.

For his part, said Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health, the ministry is continuing in the activities and efforts to follow up the disease for early detection of any increase in the prevalence rates or any changes through the surveillance of avian influenza and seasonal influenza and pneumonia cases and cases of acute severe respiratory, and that of all hospitals nationwide.

Shaheen explained, it is confirmed experimentally in all cases, as is supported with five laboratories regional governorates of Alexandria and Minya, Aswan, Western and Sinai the southern and contribute with the central laboratory in the Laboratory confirmation of cases, referring to the screening laboratory to the number 44551 sample during the period from May 2009 to April 2010, in addition to the permit to 20 special laboratories are diagnosing the disease, according to regulations and specific criteria.

Shaheen told the availability of Tamiflu, the anti-disease, in sufficient quantities, either capsules or drink, pointing to the presence of 5 Mlaethein dose strategic stockpile were distributed, and a number 1.890000 dose to all hospitals that deal with cases on the level of the Republic, referring to the continuing process of vaccination against the disease especially for people with chronic diseases and travelers to perform Umrah, which were vaccinated more than 700 thousand people from all groups.

He noted the continued activity of the hotline services 105 full lines with 60 line, where the replies to all inquiries of citizens regarding the disease and prevention methods, amounting to 15 thousand calls a day with a total of nearly 2 million and a half call so far.
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Epidemic kills 12,000 critically endangered antelopes

Jun 1, 2010 06:10 PM

By John Platt


At least 12,000 critically endangered saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica) have been found dead in Kazakhstan in the past two weeks, victims of a mysterious epidemic. The deaths represent about 15 percent of the species' worldwide population.
Saiga antelopes used to number above one million, but the breakup of the Soviet Union led to rampant poaching throughout the species' range and 95 percent of the animals were killed off. Just 81,000 of the antelopes remained in five isolated populations in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. Until this outbreak, the Kazakh population numbered 26,000 animals, almost half of which have now died.
So what caused the outbreak? According to tests by the Kazakh government, the antelopes died of pasteurellosis, an infection that afflicts the lungs. According to a release by the IUCN, "Pasteurellosis is caused by a bacterium that lives naturally in healthy individuals, but can cause acute illness and rapid death if the animal's immune system is compromised, either by another infection, poisoning, stress or malnutrition."
Olga Pereladova, director of the World Wildlife Fund's Central Asia Program, told the Daily Telegraph that the animals might have been malnourished following an unusually cold winter and by an overly hot spring, which may have contributed to the spread of the disease.
Serik Imanukulov, a Kazakh official who heads the department of sanitary and epidemiology in the area, told the AFP news service that the infection may have now passed, and predicts that no more deaths will occur. "We can say the outbreak of the infection has passed and come to a close," Imanukulov said. "I do not think there will be new cases of mass deaths among the saiga at present."
A spokesperson for the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry told the Telegraph that the dead saiga are being burned to prevent further spread of the disease.

Out-of-Town Pigs Increase PRRS Risk in HCM City

VIET NAM - A lot of sick pigs are being brought into Ho Chi Minh City every day, adding to the risk of the blue ear disease spreading here, health officials say.

The HCMC Animal Health Department says that half of the immigrant pigs and pork of dubious origin have tested positive for blue ear virus or PRRS.

More than 2,000 pigs are brought every day to the city from nearby provinces such as Dong Nai, Long An, and Tay Ninh, and even from the north.

The department also found 12.5 per cent of weaned piglets in the city infected with the virus, reports ThanhNien News.com. The animals have been destroyed. According to the department, the number of mature pigs brought to the city has increased by 280-300 a day over the last year.

“Many processed piglets are brought to the city with the whole viscera, so it’s hard for officials to check and contain the disease,” said Phan Xuan Thao, head of HCMC Animal Health Department.

Mr Thao said the virus sooner or later will affect the city given the climatic conditions with heat and high humidity.

As the city needs around 7,000 pigs a day and nearly 70 per cent of them are brought from outside, Thao said the department has asked sellers and slaughterhouses not to take pigs from infected areas. If they do, their entire shipment will be destroyed, he said.

Since blue ear recurred in April, pork consumption in the northern region has dropped 30-40 per cent and pork prices are down 15-24 per cent, Nguyen Thanh Son, an animal health official from the Ministry of Health told a press conference Thursday.

Vietnam: Watch The Open Wound around infected Pigs

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31/05/2010


Typically on 5/25/2010, 2 hospital cases are receiving direct or indirect contact with pigs.

The first case is a female patient, 55 years old, Duc Thang commune, Tien Lu District, Hung Yen province hospital in a state of shock, severe infections, dark purple body, the notes appear from the top of the head necrosis to heel, lowering blood pressure. Patient's family, said the family's pig breeding ill two days ago, the first three days, a sick family member.

Case 2 was a male patient in Ung Hoa District, Ha Noi City, was hospitalized in a state of high fever, struggle, diarrhea, mood instability and signs of meningitis result of pus ... Epidemiological investigations showed that patients eat more soup or pork and eat well before admission blood pudding.

Ha also recommended doctors, people should pay attention, when sick pigs should declare and determine the origin and destruction. Those who destroy pigs should wear gloves, masks. Those who live pig slaughter, when the wound absolutely should not do. For housewives, the purchase of pork meat purchased fresh note, when processing must be done wearing gloves and wash hands clean. Especially should and should not eat cooked pig blood pudding.

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Vietnam: Recommend Health Ministry announced cholera in Ben Tre

[Only problem with this article is that Mo Cay is one district in Ben Tre, not two]
Districts in Ben Tre:

• Ba Tri
• Bến Tre
• Bình Đại
• Châu Thành
• Chợ Lách
• Giồng Trôm
• Mỏ Cày
• Thạnh Phú

31/05/2010
Excerpt:

Chiều 30/5, bác sĩ Nguyễn Văn Thắng, phó giám đốc Sở Y tế Bến Tre, cho biết UBND tỉnh đã có văn bản đề nghị Bộ Y tế quyết định công bố dịch tả tại hai huyện Mỏ Cày Bắc và Mỏ Cày Nam do số người mắc bệnh ở hai huyện này đã lên đến 14 người và chưa có dấu hiệu dừng lại.

Afternoon 30 / 5, doctor Nguyen Van Thang, deputy director of Ben Tre Department of Health, said the province had written request to the Health Ministry announced the decision cholera in two northern districts of Mo Cay and South Cay by Mo number of people infected in the two districts have up to 14 people and no stop signs.

Theo bác sĩ Thắng, nhiều ngày qua trung bình mỗi ngày có mười bệnh nhân tiêu chảy cấp (nghi tả) ở hai huyện Mỏ Cày Bắc và Mỏ Cày Nam nhập viện điều trị.

Dr. Thang, many days on average per day with ten patients of acute diarrhea (suspected cholera) in two districts of North and Mo Mo Cay South Cay hospital treatment.

Trong vòng 24 giờ kể từ ngày 29 đến 30/5 có tới 17 bệnh nhân nhập viện.

Within 24 hours from 29 to 30/5 to 17 patients are hospitalized.

Đến nay ngành y tế vẫn chưa xác định được nguồn lây nhiễm phẩy khuẩn tả, “nghi can” lớn nhất là nguồn nước sông Thom dọc đường vào Bệnh viện Đa khoa khu vực Cù Lao Minh (Tuổi trẻ 31/5).

Until now the health sector has not yet determined the source of cholera infection, "suspect" is the largest water sources along the river Thom Hospital Cu Lao Minh City area (Youth 31 / 5).

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Vietnam: Raising pigs in Dong Nai: Hold 'time bomb'

31/05/2010

While Dong Nai authorities have not confirmed the disease in local green ear, many pig farm owners say people are living with the epidemic.

"For years people here live pigs with blue ear disease. Now find a farm fresh green ear disease in new Dong Nai is strange," said C., owner of a pig farm in the province, said .

Vaccine-styled "poor children"

According to Mr. C., up to 90% of the total herd in Dong Nai blue ear disease. "For as I have herd of up to 100% of blue ear disease. When detecting blue ear disease in both camps, the mean green ear herd carrier and then, by infectious diseases, including inhalation," he said.

For years, for patients living with green ears, pig farms usually vaccinated or "vaccine" made from pig blood serum or illness. According to Mr. C., an injection "vaccine" is a method of restraint, "the poor", but slightly less loss of money, help reduce the loss of herd infection from 20-40% to 50-10% so few farms in Dong Nai are applied.

When the herd started blue ear disease, for farm owners to take blood or serum of the pig disease vaccine for the whole flock to help them create antibodies. "I picked out a number of children from 80 to 100kg to take blood. After that, blood will be mixed with anticoagulants and antibiotics and injections for children from 7 to 40 kg. Each 10cc of blood. In the period long-term stability, I also take blood contaminated injecting blue ear pig for the whole flock to actively create antibodies for now, "said C. said.

As a veterinary staff of Dong Nai province, the U.S. documents mentioned methods of creating "vaccines" self-made with less expensive to purchase vaccines. "Where performance is not clear but some farm owners are considering this application and the method of" fire fighting "to save money," the vets said.

Meanwhile, the majority of pig farms in Dong Nai selection method for vaccine herd. This way, loss of green ears infected herd down to 10 -15%. "A child must be vaccinated sows five nasal vaccines a year. Each nose copper price is now 45,000. With a 1000 sow farm all the money green ear vaccine each year to well over 200 million" , Mr. K., the owner of a farm in the province, said.

"Bomb" will explode?

Mr. K. worry, there are signs that this year will be a difficult year for the pig sector in Dong Nai: the weather is too hot, PRRS outbreaks in many localities ... "The pig must actively room service, cleaning cages, control and expand the herd density, increase resistance to pig, biosafety implementation, the program must have a specific vaccine. If done well without this step I think blue ear disease pressure will peak and will explode, "he said.

A staff of Agriculture Extension Center in Trang Bom district (local pig herd is the second largest with 180,000 children in Dong Nai Province), said that blue ear "explosion" in Dong Nai will be a disaster for the livestock industry provinces with more than a million pigs. In 2009, authorities detected an outbreak of blue ear in eight villages, Thanh Son commune, Dinh Quan district.

According to Dong Nai Department of Animal Health, the province has antiseptic, disinfection of the slaughter of cattle and intensify the inspection of cattle for sale, deployment vaccinated animals ... If PRRS occurs throughout the Nations, the province will arrange additional checkpoints: Mr. Don Bridge Gia Huynh, Tan Phu, Tan Gia ...[Ông Đồn, cầu Gia Huynh, Tân Phú, Gia Tân]

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The Mekong delta provinces face dengue fever are unusual

31.05.2010

By the middle of May, in Tien Giang province, has more than 800 cases of dengue fever, including one deaths;
in Dong Thap Province, about 800 cases of dengue fever, including 90 cases of severe disease and there were two deaths;
in An Giang Province, has more than 858 cases have SXH and three deaths.

According to emergency department resuscitation Hue Central Hospital, 4 and 5 in two months, this department has received 28 patients suspected swine streptococcus infection in the central provinces to treatment. So far, in the Central has had four patients died due to infected swine streptococcus.

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Vietnam: Bac Kan Officially Announces End of Avian Flu

[This is an update on Bac Kan. They are officially announcing the end of Avian Flu. I looked over my notes, and the were "successfully cured after one treatment" as the eight people were admitted on 4/11, and discharged on 4/13. Interesting that they mentioned the 700 doses of Tamiflu]

31/05/2010
After over a month since the first detection of patients have tested positive for influenza A (H5N1) and discovered two outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1) in poultry in Yen Dinh commune As it is, and (Cho Moi ), dated 05.14.2010 PPC has officially announced the end of avian influenza in the locality on the date 05.12.2010. Looking back at work for prevention of influenza A (H5N1) in New Market that time to the effort, concentration of all levels and sectors in the work of prevention services.

Timeliness examination and treatment for patients

Immediately after the patient Chu Van H. Na Tao village (as) has tested positive for influenza A (H5N1), local governments, departments and branches gathered for prevention services. Specifically, the district has directed the district health center district inspection organization, to the list of people who have had contact with patients and poultry, aquatic birds sick. Simultaneous deployment of medical examination and treatment in time for the cases show signs of fever, cough, shortness of breath at the medical center district or commune health stations under the Ministry of Health protocol.
With over 700 dosesof Taminflu, equipment, human resources fully, Cho Moi was quick to inspect, receive and treat patients following a positive result for influenza A ( H5N1) as well as other cases the presence of influenza A (H5N1). Because proactive and timely in the work of examination, treatment, health status of the patient to stabilize, do not appear more cases have expressed doubts.

From day 02 / 4 to 11/4/2010, Cho Moi district has 02 cases have tested positive for influenza A (H5N1) and 11 cases have expressed doubts as: fever, cough, shortness of breath and diarrhea. Then, when avian influenza outbreak in rural Total Stock (Yen Ting) outbreak, health center districts continue to receive more patients with a doubtful expression. Because the treatment is conducted promptly and efficiently so alone on 12 / 4 had 08 patients from the hospital, Nguyen Thi Thanh T. patients (2 patients had tested positive for Influenza A (H5N1) - have also cured after one treatment period, patients remaining stable health and gradually discharge a few days later.
Along with the examination and treatment for patients, with the support of all levels and branches of preventive medicine team in Cho Moi district held spray disinfection in the outbreak: Na Tao (As fixed), total stock, Vietnam (Yen Ting) and propagate to push people, to reduce the risk of pandemic spread. Simultaneously Medical Center also directed the district health stations of communes, villages, nursing supervision, monitoring closely the situation in local disease detection, transfer of patients to routes on time. All these factors have contributed to quickly stamp out avian influenza A (H5N1) in the locality.

Quick handling outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1) in poultry

In parallel with the centralized examination and treatment for patients with a positive test result, patients have expressed doubts with influenza A (H5N1), Cho Moi district also quickly set up four checkpoints at the commune Try for Yen Dinh Nhu and inspecting, preventing the transport of poultry and poultry products hydro timely handling of violations according to regulations and spray disinfection of vehicles from the area service. Next, the district has conducted destroy all poultry, aquatic birds, held spray disinfection in the outbreak and vaccination for poultry and aquatic birds in the area were threatened epidemic buffer .

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Experts find compound to fight bird, seasonal flu

HONG KONG

Sun May 30, 2010 9:05pm EDT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a chemical compound that can stop the H5N1 bird flu virus as well as seasonal human flu viruses from replicating.

Finding new flu drugs is essential as flu viruses mutate and are adept at evading the limited array of antiviral drugs.

In a paper published in Nature Biotechnology, scientists from Hong Kong and Canada said they had found a chemical "nucleozin," which fought off both seasonal flu viruses and the H5N1 in mice as well as in cell culture.

"We have now brand-new weapons to combat influenza virus resistant to ... (antiviral drugs like) oseltamivir and zanamivir," said microbiologist Richard Yao at the University of Hong Kong, who led the study.

Nearly all of the seasonal H1N1 viruses circulating in the United States in the 2008-2009 flu season were resistant to Roche AG and Gilead Sciences Inc's Tamiflu, known generically as oseltamivir, according to the paper.

Adamantanes, an older class of drugs, was also powerless against seasonal H3N2 flu viruses in the United States during that same period.

Zanamivir is the generic name for Relenza, GlaxoSmithKline and Biota Inc's flu drug

Nucleozin targeted a protein in flu viruses, called nucleoprotein, that was responsible for virus replication, Yao said in reply to questions from Reuters.

Yao said they selected nucleozin from a chemical library with more than 50,000 compounds, the same library which experts here used to study the SARS virus.

"Nucleozin is highly potent in cell culture and also in mice infected with the highly pathogenic influenza virus H5N1 ... (it can) stop the virus from replicating," Yao said.

The compound was effective against H1N1, H3N2, and H5N1 viruses and researchers can now target nucleoprotein to fight flu, Yao said.

"Scientists could now use nucleoprotein as a target to develop antiviral therapeutics for the treatment of influenza infection," he said.

A cousin of the new H1N1 swine flu virus, the seasonal H1N1, has been circulating widely for a long time. SARS surfaced in southern China in 2003, killing about 800 people world-wide.

The H5N1, although mainly a disease in birds, has a mortality rate of 60 percent on the rare occasions when it infects people. It was first discovered in people in 1997.

(Reporting by Tan Ee Lyn; Editing by Ron Popeski)

Blue ear pig has spread to 16 provinces

RFA 30.05.2010
The province of Son La is a new service, while new outbreaks are still arising more towns in 15 provinces have translated previously.

Specifically, the new Son La province has more than 100 pig diseases, 48 children died, while Thai Nguyen is a new outbreak, a total pig disease over 3 thousand 400 children, of which more than two thousand dead and 200 targets cancellation.

Most provinces have both pig disease in the north, and one in north-central province of Nghe An is.

Vietnam: PPRS raging, pork slump

5/29

While authorities advised, blue ear pig disease is not contagious to humans and consumers can rest assured full use of pork products cooked but recent developments in the markets, super- Marketing found that consumption of pork declined. Meanwhile, demand for foods from poultry, aquatic - marine products increased ...

Pork with "estrangement"
Previously, pork is always the number one choice of housewives, but since PRRS raging in many provinces in the north, most consumers are disturbed not knowing when purchasing PRRS can infect humans and whether they have when purchasing pork disease control, quarantine still loose. And to be sure, many housewives find the food items to replace.

This has made their prices of foods such as poultry, seafood - seafood. In the markets in Hanoi, the price of beef tenderloin with 150,000 VND / kg, beef buttock 140,000 VND / kg, veal 120,000 VND per kg, chicken lives 100,000 VND / kg, Whole chicken available 130,000 VND / kg. Aquatic and marine resources is the best selling items. Success in the market, price carp from 45,000 to 48,000 VND per kg, tilapia 35,000 VND / kg, hundreds of VND 40,000 / kg, fish 85 000 Results per kg, 240,000 prawns per kg, 120,000 barrier shrimp per kg .. . As reflected by consumer prices inched up items are 50-10% compared to before.

Mental health of consumers far made pork fall slump. Remains the most disadvantaged farmers and small business sales. A crucial problem posed is how to prevent zoning and definitely blue ear epidemic.

After almost two month outbreak, to date, PRRS has spread wide in many places in 15 provinces and cities in the North. Total number of pigs infected up to tens of thousands of children.

For weeks now, the owners in a market in Hanoi is always complaining about the lack customers, although humid pork in most major markets have been quarantined. Many small businesses forced to lower prices to attract buyers but has not changed the situation. Pork prices drop in recent days from 10,000 to 15,000 VND per kg. Accordingly, the pork loin down to 60,000 VND / kg, three meat only 50,000 VND / kg, lean pork shoulder and buttocks rumors 55,000 / kg ... In particular, very difficult to consume pork and traders were forced prices sharply, from 35,000 VND / kg reduced from 25,000 to 28,000 VND / kg (not in translation), 22,000 VND / kg (in the service area access.)

Need to stabilize market
Previous rate spread and evolution of complex diseases, said Hoang Van Nam, Director of Animal Health authorities (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said the blue ear virus in pigs and no humans such as avian influenza should consumers choose to complete peace of mind when buying and using fresh meat. Simply cooked, do not eat more soup, spring rolls Hello, ... The Department has instructed localities to continue performing the same set of measures to prevent and put out the service at the same time, a policy supported by the breeding ground for common ...

According to experts of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment (Ministry of Health), consumers turn away from meat as a precaution for the health. Because in fact, blue ear pig disease does not infect humans but only swine streptococcus disease spread to new people. But when has a green ear disease of pigs resistant and very weak, more likely to be infected with other diseases are very high, including streptococcus disease (a disease transmitted from pigs to humans with high mortality risk.)

To ensure the health of consumers and stabilize markets, the authorities have strengthened inspection and control of the transport, slaughtering and trading of pork. Force veterinary import pigs only allow the source, selling pork is full of paper quarantine

Things to do now is put alongside the services needed to promote the propagation of blue ear to people not too confused, anxious and have mechanisms to support farmers to restore herds after translation.

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