Nghe An urgently directs the prevention and control of livestock and poultry diseases

Pursuant to Official Dispatch No. 6153/CD-BNN-TY dated September 8, 2020 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on focusing on drastic and synchronous implementation of solutions to control, prevent and combat widespread avian influenza (AI), to proactively prevent and combatlivestock and poultry diseasesIn order to promptly and effectively implement the following contents, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requests the Chairmen of the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns, Directors of Departments, Heads of relevant departments and branches to focus on directing and implementing the following contents:

1. People's Committees of districts, cities and towns

- Resolutely and synchronously deploy solutions to prevent and control livestock and poultry diseases in accordance with the provisions of the Veterinary Law, directives of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the province (Decision No. 812/QD-UBND dated March 19, 2019 on promulgating the Emergency Response Scenario for African Swine Fever (ASF) in Nghe An province, Urgent Dispatch No. 10/CD-UBND dated April 14, 2020 on strengthening measures to prevent and control ASF and ASF in the current period, Directive No. 06/CT-UBND dated March 18, 2020 on focusing on resolutely and synchronously deploying solutions to prevent and control livestock and poultry diseases...).

- Actively monitor and take samples for testing to detect early dangerous epidemics such as CGC, DTLCP, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), blue ear disease... When an epidemic occurs, it is necessary to concentrate resources and apply synchronous solutions to control it.thoroughly handle outbreaks, not to let the epidemic recur and spread widely.

The risk of dangerous epidemics arising and spreading among livestock and poultry in the coming time is very high. Photo: Quang An

- Develop a vaccination plan for the 2020 autumn crop, assign specific vaccination targets to localities according to the actual herd. Organize full vaccination for livestock according to the province's schedule; districts that receive vaccine support, if the quantity is not enough, need to support additional funding or direct farmers to buy more vaccines to vaccinate to achieve the protection rate.

- Well organize the implementation of the month of sanitation, disinfection and sterilization according to Plan No. 3035/KH-SNN-CNTY dated September 14, 2020 of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on the implementation of disinfection and sterilization of livestock environment to prevent and control dangerous infectious diseases in animals, phase 3 of 2020 in Nghe An province.

- Direct the Department of Agriculture/Economy, Agricultural Service Center: Assign officers to be in charge of commune clusters; establish working groups to inspect, urge, and guide vaccination, disinfection, and disease prevention for livestock and poultry; promptly remove obstacles at the grassroots level.

- Strengthen information and propaganda work so that people are clearly aware of the dangerous nature of diseases, especially CGC, DTLCP, LMLM, PRRS, rabies... and prevention and control measures. Require livestock farmers to strictly implement the "6 no's" in preventing DTLCP; at the same time, guide livestock and poultry farmers to strictly apply biosecurity measures.

- Establish a district-level interdisciplinary team to regularly inspect and control business, trading and slaughtering locations for livestock and poultry; strengthen management of the transportation of animals and animal products from epidemic areas and of unknown origin circulating in the area.

- Directing the People's Committee at the commune level:

+Review and make a complete inventory of the total livestock and poultry herd; promptly organize vaccinations and supplementary vaccinations for livestock to ensure 100% of livestock and poultry are vaccinated. Arrange or contract with veterinary specialists to carry out vaccinations.

Quynh Hong Commune (Quynh Luu) vaccinated against H5N6 avian influenza. Photo: Xuan Hoang

+ Strengthen animal disease surveillance and fully and promptly report the disease situation to the District People's Committee, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine; strictly handle cases of hiding diseases, selling, slaughtering, and dumping sick or suspected animals into the environment, leading to the spread of diseases...

+ Direct farms and households raising livestock and poultry: Voluntarily vaccinate livestock and poultry according to the plan of local authorities; declare the import and export of flocks and vaccination schedules for monitoring and management.

- Organizations and individuals raising livestockarbitrarily repopulateWithout permission from local authorities, not complying with vaccination to prevent compulsory diseases as prescribed in Circular No. 07/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated May 31, 2016 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on regulations on prevention and control of terrestrial animal diseases, when an epidemic occurs, it must be destroyed and not entitled to state support policies.

2. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development:

- Establish working groups to inspect, urge and direct districts, cities and towns to strictly implement epidemic prevention and control work; report to the Provincial People's Committee on the implementation situation in localities.

- Direct the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine to coordinate with relevant agencies and localities to closely monitor and synthesize the situation of livestock and poultry diseases in the province to promptly report and advise on appropriate and effective disease prevention; fully prepare supplies, chemicals, and vaccines for vaccination, disinfection, and outbreak handling.

Quynh Luu district organizes spraying of disinfectants in the H5N6 avian influenza epidemic area. Photo: Xuan Hoang

3. Provincial Radio and Television Station, Nghe An Newspaper:Strengthen propaganda activities on the epidemic situation, risk factors, and disease prevention measures for livestock and poultry so that people do not panic and proactively apply effective disease prevention measures for livestock.

4.Provincial Police, Department of Industry and Trade, Market Management Department:Direct the Traffic Police, Environmental Police, Economic Security, and Market Management forces to coordinate with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine and localities to strengthen inspection, control, arrest, and strictly handle organizations and individuals trading and transporting animals and animal products of unknown origin, not ensuring veterinary hygiene and food safety.

5. Relevant Departments, Boards and Branches:Based on assigned functions and tasks, proactively coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the People's Committees at district level to implement drastic and synchronous measures to prevent and control livestock and poultry diseases...

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requests Chairmen of People's Committees of districts, cities and towns; Directors of Departments; Heads of Provincial-level Departments and Branches, and relevant units to strictly implement this Official Dispatch./.