Lumpy skin disease outbreak in 8 districts in Nghe An

Information from the provincial Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine said that although the disease has only appeared for a short time, it hasLumpy skin diseaseThe disease has now spread widely in buffaloes and cows. By the end of March 12, the whole province had 15 outbreaks in 8 districts, cities and towns that had not passed 21 days, with a total of 66 buffaloes and cows infected.

Lumpy skin disease in buffaloes and cows has appeared in 8 districts, cities and towns in Nghe An. Photo: QA

Localities currently experiencing the epidemic include:Vinh City, Hung Nguyen, Nghi Loc, Nghia Dan, Anh Son, Dien Chau, Tan Ky, Hoang Mai Town. In which, the localities with the strongest outbreaks include: Nghi Loc district (3 communes and 20 sick pigs), Vinh city (2 communes and 22 sick pigs), Anh Son district (1 commune and 14 sick pigs).

The reason for the outbreak of this disease is that it is early spring, often humid, so mosquitoes, ticks, and gnats - the main means of transmission of the disease - are currently growing and developing strongly. In addition,Nghe AnAs the province with the largest herd of buffalo and cattle in the country with 760,000 heads, and many national highways passing through, the disease is very difficult to control, especially the transportation of cattle in and out of the area. Some localities are still subjective and negligent in disease prevention.

Although there is now a vaccine to prevent this dangerous disease, this vaccine is produced abroad and must be imported, so it cannot be deployed for synchronous vaccination at this time.

Cattle need to be well cared for and given nutrients to increase their resistance at this time. Photo: QA

Currently, authorities are recommending that people in epidemic areas proactively raise cattle and buffaloes and feed them additional nutrients to increase their resistance.toiletRegularly clean the barn, especially spray to kill insects, flies and mosquitoes.

When seeing livestock showing signs of an epidemic such as high fever, many rashes, not eating... immediately report to local authorities to take samples for testing, absolutely do not hide the epidemic or slaughter cattle to sell to the market...