African swine fever continues to break out in Vinh City, Cua Lo Town and Nghia Dan
(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, in Vinh City, Cua Lo Town and Nghia Dan District, new outbreaks have occurred and are at risk of spreading.
More than half of wards and communes in Vinh City have been infected with the epidemic.
On October 7, Vinh City and Hung Loc Commune authorities destroyed the pigs of Mr. Pham Van Dai's family in Ngu Loc hamlet after the veterinary agency confirmed that Mr. Dai's pigs tested positive for African swine fever.
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| Destroying pigs infected with the disease in Vinh City. Photo: Quang An |
Previously, Hung Loc commune also destroyed 4 pigs of Mr. Pham Sy Tang's family in Mau Lam hamlet due to this dangerous disease.
Within just 4 days (from October 3 to 7), Vinh City had 3 more localities with African swine fever, including: Ben Thuy ward, Quan Bau ward and Hung Loc commune.
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| African swine fever is complicated in Vinh City. Graphics: Quang An |
Up to now, 14/25 wards and communes in Vinh City have been attacked by the epidemic. It is worth noting that out of 25 wards and communes, only 17 have people raising livestock. A report from the Vinh City Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station said that the entire city has destroyed 2,819 pigs with a total weight of over 180 tons, 18 times more than the first outbreak.
Nghia Dan: 3 more communes have epidemic
On October 2, the People's Committee of Nghia Dan district issued a decision to announce African swine fever in Nghia Hoi commune. This marked the first time this dangerous disease appeared in the district.
However, by October 7, Nghia Dan district had 3 more localities with the disease, including Nghia Dan town, Nghia Hong commune and Nghia Lam commune. The district has destroyed 141 infected pigs with a total weight of 7,716.8 kg (nearly 8 tons).
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| Checking vehicles entering and leaving at the quarantine checkpoint in Nghia Lam commune (Nghia Dan). Photo: Quang An |
Up to now, the district has received and provided over 3,000 liters of chemicals and 7 tons of lime powder to distribute and support livestock households in communes and towns to carry out sanitation, disinfection and sterilization of livestock environments; at the same time, organize sanitation and disinfection at markets and large livestock households to prevent and control epidemics.
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| Livestock farms in Nghia Dan actively spray disinfectants. Photo: Minh Thai |
We have asked communes to properly implement response scenarios when an epidemic occurs, and at the same time, allocate funds to effectively serve the work of disease prevention and control, and strictly control pigs entering epidemic areas to avoid widespread spread.
Cua Lo Town: Another ward infected with the epidemic
On October 4, the People's Committee of Cua Lo town announced the epidemic in Nghi Hoa and Nghi Huong wards. Cua Lo town is the last locality in Nghe An province to be affected by the epidemic, marking that 21/21 districts, cities and towns of the province have been attacked by the epidemic.
Most recently, Nghi Thu ward is the third locality in Cua Lo town to have pigs testing positive for African swine fever.
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| Localities affected by the epidemic in Cua Lo Town. Graphics: Quang An |
By October 7, the epidemic had occurred in 3 wards of Cua Lo town with 6 households having pigs infected with the disease, a total of 99 pigs were destroyed, with a total destroyed weight of over 6 tons.
The total herd of pigs in the town is about 1,800. Although it is a coastal city, the number of pigs is not large, however, we have directed the wards to strictly implement epidemic prevention measures, not to be subjective or negligent. In addition, the town is actively propagating to farmers not to hide the epidemic and to immediately report if pigs show signs of illness or death for timely handling.
