Nghe An has only 3 communes with African swine fever

Destroying pigs infected with African swine fever in Dien Lien commune (Dien Chau). Photo courtesy of Xuan Hoang

According to the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, although 4 months ago, African swine fever re-emerged in many communes in the districts of Thanh Chuong, Yen Thanh, Dien Chau, and Quynh Luu, with the spirit of effective disease prevention, the epidemic has been controlled and narrowed.

As of May 24, in Nghe An, there are still 3 communes that have not passed 30 days of the epidemic, including: Cong Thanh, Dong Thanh (Yen Thanh) and Dai Dong commune (Thanh Chuong); the epidemic in these 3 communes only occurs in 1-2 small-scale livestock households.

Thus, from the beginning of 2019 to now, African swine fever has occurred in 21,427 households in 359 communes, of 19/19 districts, towns and cities of Nghe An. The number of infected pigs that had to be destroyed was 95,643, with a total weight of over 4,833 tons, accounting for 3.67% of the province's live weight output.

It is estimated that the budget for epidemic prevention from the commune, district and provincial budgets is about 300 billion VND, of which more than 138 billion VND is to support people whose pigs have to be destroyed.

People can re-herd but must do a good job of cleaning the barn environment and implementing disease prevention solutions, and at the same time buy breeding animals of clear origin. Photo courtesy of Quang An

Mr. Ngo Duc Quynh - Deputy Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine said that with the African swine fever epidemic basically under control, the number of households still suffering from the disease in the province is insignificant, people in localities where the epidemic has been eliminated can re-herd. However, to re-herd safely, people need to do a good job of cleaning the barn environment and other epidemic prevention solutions, and at the same time buy breeding animals of clear origin. Localities must also be cautious and not be subjective in epidemic prevention work.