Nghe An does not let African swine fever spread for a long time

Nghe Anhas a large herd of livestock and poultry and a variety of livestock. The herd of pigs is more than 981 thousand, an increase of 3.32% over the same period in 2022.

In Nghe An province recently there has been an outbreak of disease.African swine feverIn Yen Thanh, Dien Chau, Quy Hop and recently in Do Luong district, several small outbreaks have appeared.

According to authorities, the cause is due to unsafe livestock farming conditions, pathogens remaining in the environment, and after the flood, pathogens spread widely.

According to information from the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, following the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, on November 7, immediately after receiving information that people were dumping pig carcasses into canals, ditches, and streams on the canal section through Yen Thanh district, the Department coordinated with the Department of Veterinary Medicine of Region III to inspect the canal system from the source (bordering Do Luong district) flowing through the communes of Yen Thanh district.

At the same time, the District People's CommitteeYen ThanhRequest the community to join hands to detect and report to local authorities through the hotline of the People's Committees of communes and towns cases of dumping animal carcasses into the environment, canals and ditches; direct the People's Committees of communes to regularly inspect and destroy animal carcasses when they are discovered. Strictly handle cases of dumping animal carcasses into the environment, selling sick and dead animals, and intentionally spreading diseases.

In the coming time, Nghe An will allocate all resources to drastically implement prevention solutions, not allowing the epidemic to spread, linger and cause new outbreaks. Establish control points on main roads, disinfect vehicles, and control the transportation of animals and animal products susceptible to African swine fever in and out of epidemic areas.

For areas where the epidemic has not yet occurred, continue to organize vaccination for livestock and poultry in the autumn crop of 2023 to ensure a rate of over 80% of the total herd. Proactively monitor diseases in livestock to detect early, warn and handle thoroughly when new epidemics arise; promptly and fully report the epidemic situation from the grassroots to the commune, district and provincial levels in accordance with regulations.

In addition, Nghe An province will control the slaughter, transportation, and trade of animals and animal products, and strictly handle cases of hiding epidemics, slow disease reporting, and selling animals suspected of being infected.

In addition, Nghe An province has issued an official dispatch on supporting livestock farmers affected by African swine fever and assigned localities to complete procedures and documents.

Since the beginning of the year, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine has provided localities with 12,500 liters of chemicals to spray disinfectants around the epidemic area. At the same time, it has assigned staff to go directly to the grassroots to coordinate with localities to implement epidemic prevention and control solutions.

Up to now, the epidemic situation in some localities has been controlled: Dien Chau district had 10 communes infected with the epidemic at the end of October, but now it has decreased to 7 communes with the epidemic; Quy Hop district is being controlled in 2 communes, Chau Quang and Dong Hop; Yen Thanh district has 13 communes. However, the epidemic only occurs in small-scale farming households, the number of pigs that have to be destroyed has not increased much./.