Promote vaccination for livestock and poultry
(Baonghean.vn) - Vaccination of livestock and poultry is the leading solution to effectively prevent and control dangerous diseases such as: Foot and mouth disease; Avian influenza; Anthrax and some other infectious diseases, contributing to promoting stable development of livestock farming.
Vaccination of livestock and poultry is the leading solution to effectively prevent and control dangerous epidemics such as foot-and-mouth disease; avian influenza; septicemia and some other infectious diseases, contributing to promotinglivestockstable and sustainable development, providing safe food for consumers, protecting the ecological environment...
Livestock farming in Nghe An is mainly done by small-scale households (accounting for over 85%), so vaccination for livestock faces many difficulties. However, in recent times, with the efforts and determination of authorities at all levels and related sectors, this field has achieved positive results.
Mr. Nguyen Viet Luong - Head of the Disease Management Department, Nghe An Veterinary and Livestock Department said: "Vaccines are a type of biological preparation with antigenic properties, introduced into the body to stimulate the body to actively create specific antibodies against pathogens, especially some dangerous infectious diseases caused by viruses that only have vaccines to prevent but no specific treatment. Using vaccines to create active immunity is safe, effective and cheap compared to letting epidemics occur, treatment takes a long time and causes heavy damage to farmers".
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| Veterinary staff check for disease at livestock farms. Photo: Quang An |
Therefore, it is necessary to raise awareness of responsibility in implementing vaccination work for livestock and poultry; proactively monitor vaccination schedules of villages and hamlets to support the capture of livestock and poultry for vaccination to ensure that livestock and poultry are vaccinated correctly and fully according to regulations.
Since the beginning of 2021, a number of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza, and lumpy skin disease have occurred in the province, causing damage to the livestock industry. The main reason is that livestock have not been vaccinated against the disease. Implementing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee on focusing on vaccination for livestock and poultry in 2021. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development,Department of Veterinary Medicine and Livestockand localities are focusing on vaccination for the 2021 autumn crop. Accordingly, the vaccination time according to the province's general plan is from September 15 to October 15, 2021. In addition to the main vaccination period, additional vaccination will be organized for livestock and poultry that have not been vaccinated, are newly raised or have expired their immunity period.
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| Taking poultry samples for testing. Photo: Kim Dung |
Currently, the Department of Animal Health and Livestock has fully prepared vaccines for vaccination; the Department has also issued a document on focusing on directing vaccination work, requiring districts, cities and towns to register vaccines for vaccination with the Department before August 20, 2021. However, up to now, the number of vaccine registrations of districts, cities and towns is very low. Therefore, localities need to take more drastic action; proactively find solutions to implement vaccination with high results; for localities receiving vaccine support from the State, if the number of supported vaccines is not enough, the People's Committee of the district, town or city needs to proactively arrange funds or direct livestock farmers to buy more vaccines to vaccinate to achieve the protection rate.
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| Vaccination for poultry. Photo: TL Phu Huong |
“Vaccination of livestock and poultry on a regular basis, meeting technical requirements will effectively prevent epidemics. This is the best measure to protect livestock for sustainable development. Therefore, organizations and individuals raising livestock and poultry need to strictly implement epidemic prevention work, proactively vaccinate, and choose the right type of vaccine recommended by the Provincial Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine. Organizations and individuals who do not comply with mandatory vaccination against diseases as prescribed in Circular No. 07/2016/TT-BNNPTNT, when an epidemic occurs, will be forced to destroy them and will not be entitled to the State's support policies as prescribed in Decree No. 02/2017/NDCP of the Government and Decision No. 48/2017/QD-UBND dated June 5, 2017 of the Provincial People's Committee on policies to support agricultural production to restore production in areas damaged by natural disasters and epidemics in Nghe An province. An; at the same time, he was administratively sanctioned for violations in the field of Veterinary Medicine according to current regulations of the State".
