African swine fever outbreak in 5 more communes in Nghe An

Xuan Hoang• June 25, 2019 16:13

(Baonghean.vn) - Information from the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine said that in 4 days (from June 21 to 24), in Nghe An province, 5 outbreaks of African swine fever occurred in the following localities: Vinh City, Yen Thanh, Ky Son and Quynh Luu.

Specifically, in Vinh City, there is an outbreak in Nghi Phu commune; Yen Thanh added 2 communes: Nhan Thanh and Vien Thanh; Ky Son added Dooc May commune and Quynh Luu added a new commune, Quynh Lam.

Xã Viên Thành là địa phương thứ 25 của huyện Yên Thành để xảy ra dịch tả lợn châu Phi. Ảnh Google Maps

Vien Thanh Commune is the 25th locality in Yen Thanh district to have African swine fever. Photo: Google Maps

Thus, as of June 24, Yen Thanh district is the locality with the highest number of communes testing positive for African swine fever in the province, with 25 communes, in just over 1 month.

Quynh Luu and Ky Son districts each have 15 communes reporting African swine fever. Vinh City has had 3 outbreaks in 3 localities: Vinh Tan Ward, Nghi Lien Commune and Nghi Phu Commune.

Mr. Nguyen Cong Hieu - Head of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station of Ky Son district said that the most difficult thing for the locality with African swine fever is the households raising pigs, whose pigs are ready to be sold but cannot be sold or slaughtered, so they have to invest in feed for a long time, affecting the economy. If a new outbreak continues to occur in that locality, the people will have more difficulties.

Lập chốt kiểm soát dịch tạm thời là một trong những giải pháp bắt buộc tại các địa phương sau khi dương tính với dịch tả lợn châu Phi. Ảnh: Xuân Hoàng

Setting up temporary epidemic control checkpoints is one of the mandatory solutions in localities after testing positive for African swine fever. Photo: Xuan Hoang

As of June 24, African swine fever had occurred in 1,422 households in 330 hamlets of 126 communes in 18 districts, towns and cities in the province. The total number of infected pigs that had been culled was 5,555, with a total weight of 244,858.6 kg.