African swine fever recurs in 3 communes and towns of Nghe An mountainous district

A pig infected with African swine fever in Chau Kim commune (Que Phong). Photo: Xuan Hoang

People's CommitteeQue Phong districthas just issued a decision to announce African swine fever in Kim Son town. Mr. Hoang Trung Cuong - Chairman of Kim Son town People's Committee said that on September 22, in Thai Phong block, there were some sick pigs, the specialized agency took samples and tested positive for African swine fever, immediately after that Que Phong district People's Committee announced African swine fever in Kim Son town.

Accordingly, the Town People's Committee has implemented epidemic prevention and control solutions according to regulations and received more than 1 ton of lime powder and dozens of liters of chemicals to disinfect and sterilize the epidemic area. All pig slaughtering and trading activities in the town have been temporarily suspended to prevent the disease from spreading widely.

"There are three small pig slaughterhouses in the town. According to regulations, when the locality announces an epidemic, these pig slaughterhouses will temporarily stop operating until the epidemic is over," said Mr. Hoang Trung Cuong.

Sprinkle lime powder to disinfect at the locations where African swine fever recurs. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Information from the Agricultural Service Center of Que Phong district said that the diseaseAfrican swine feverrecurred in many places in the district this September. Currently, this epidemic is recurring in 3 localities: 2 communes Chau Kim, Quang Phong and Kim Son town. Since the beginning of August, the number of infected pigs destroyed is 340 pigs of 128 households, in the area of ​​10 villages.

To proactively prevent and control the epidemic, the People's Committee of Que Phong district has issued a decision to declare the epidemic in Chau Kim commune and Kim Son town. The district has also provided lime powder and chemicals to the localities.disinfectionat epidemic sites; at the same time, banning the slaughter of pigs in epidemic areas, local authorities implement epidemic prevention and control regulations according to regulations.

"The peculiarity of Que Phong is that people raise livestock on a small scale, let them roam freely, and people's awareness of disease prevention is not high, so when an epidemic occurs, it is difficult to control," said Mr. Nguyen Ba Hien - Director of the Que Phong District Agricultural Service Center./.