African swine fever recurs in 11 communes of Dien Chau district

African swine fever is currently occurring in 11 communes of Dien Chau district. Photo: Xuan Hoang

African swine feverThere has been a tendency to re-emerge in Nghe An in recent months, in which the epidemic is most complicated in Dien Chau district.

Information from the Agricultural Service Center of Dien Chau district said that in the past 2 months (2 and 3), African swine fever has developed complicatedly in the district. Although it occurred in small-scale farming households, the number of communes with the epidemic is increasing.

As of March 19, Dien Chau had 11 communes testing positive for African swine fever: Minh Chau, Dien Phu, Dien Tho, Dien Loc, Dien Nguyen, Dien Cat, Dien Tan, Dien Dong, Dien Thai, Dien Lam, and Dien Loi.

Total number of pigs to be raiseddestroy158 pigs, including 26 sows, total weight over 5 tons of live pigs. The locality with the highest epidemic is Dien Phu commune with 11 households having the epidemic.

Farmers in Dien Thai commune implement solutions to prevent African swine fever. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Faced with the situation of African swine fever and some other livestock diseases occurring in the district, the People's CommitteeDien Chau districtissued telegrams on disease prevention: African swine fever, avian influenza and lumpy skin disease in cattle.

Dien Chau district has also provided 600 liters of chemicals to localities for spraying disinfectants in epidemic areas; localities with epidemics have proactively provided lime powder for people to implement epidemic prevention solutions according to regulations of veterinary agencies.