Lumpy skin disease in buffaloes and cows is spreading rapidly in Dien Chau
(Baonghean.vn) - While on March 31, Dien Chau district had only 11 communes with outbreaks of lumpy skin disease in buffalo and cows, by April 5, the disease had spread strongly to 25 communes with 111 sick animals.
Currently,Lumpy skin diseasehas appeared in 25 communes with 44 villages, 87 households. The Agricultural Service Center and localities have destroyed 6 buffaloes and cows in Dien Yen, Dien Doai, and Dien Phu communes.
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| Dien Chau conducts disinfection spraying and vaccination to prevent lumpy skin disease in cattle and buffalo. Photo: Mai Giang |
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has provided 950 liters of disinfectant chemicals in epidemic areas, and at the same time instructed commune veterinarians on how to prevent the spread of the disease and treat those infected.sick cattle.
At the same time, 950 doses of vaccine against lumpy skin disease in buffaloes and cows were injected.
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| Cows with lumpy inflammation in Dien Phu commune. Photo: Mai Giang |
Along with lumpy skin disease in cattle, African swine fever has now spread to 18 communes in 160 households. The number of pigs destroyed was 365 weighing 29,493 kg.
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Localities set up checkpoints to prevent and control African swine fever. Photo: Mai Giang |
Currently, Dien Chau district has a total herd of 58,000 buffaloes, cows, pigs and 2.2 million poultry. The district has established inspection teams, urged and directed communes to strictly implement epidemic prevention and control, resolutely directed communes to deploy disease surveillance, early detection, and complete treatment when an epidemic occurs. Organize propaganda about the epidemic situation and prevention measures, and guide livestock owners to strictly apply epidemic prevention measures./.
