Nghe An requires localities to mobilize the entire political system to prevent and control animal diseases.
(Baonghean.vn) - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu has just signed a document directing the focus on drastic and synchronous implementation of solutions to prevent and control livestock and poultry diseases in the current period.
Mobilizing the entire political system
In Nghe An province, African swine fever (ASF) is occurring in 747 households, 46 hamlets of 25 communes in 11 districts and towns; 3 avian influenza outbreaks in Quynh Luu district and a number of small-scale foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks in a few localities.
The cause of the epidemic is: Many pathogens such as ASF, avian influenza, FMD... are widely circulating in livestock and in the farming environment, erratic weather changes reduce the resistance of livestock, vaccination rates for livestock and poultry in some localities are low; many livestock households arbitrarily re-herd without permission from local authorities...
Therefore, the risk of dangerous epidemics arising and spreading in livestock and poultry in the coming time is very high, especially avian influenza, DTLCP, and LMLM.
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| The risk of dangerous epidemics arising and spreading among livestock and poultry in the coming time is very high. Photo: Quang An |
Develop, approve and allocate funds to proactively and effectively implement disease prevention and control plans in localities in 2020 and the following years; allocate funds to implement national programs and plans to prevent and control avian influenza, foot-and-mouth disease, rabies, etc.
Proactively deploy animal disease surveillance to detect early and handle new diseases when they are discovered, promptly and fully report on disease situations from village, hamlet, and commune levels to commune, district, and province levels in accordance with current regulations.
Organize propaganda on the situation of livestock and poultry epidemics and prevention and control measures; guide livestock and poultry farmers to strictly apply biosafety measures in livestock farming and proactive disease prevention measures; ensure hygiene in livestock farming and slaughtering, do not use products of unknown origin that have not been quarantined; use cooked livestock and poultry meat, do not eat blood pudding...
Direct local authorities at the commune level to review and fully count the total number of livestock and poultry that must be vaccinated; organize full vaccination of all types of vaccines according to the provisions of Circular No. 07/2016/TT-BNNPTNT, especially vaccines for avian influenza, FMD, rabies... to ensure 100% coverage of those required to be vaccinated.
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| Quynh Hong Commune (Quynh Luu) vaccinated against H5N6 avian influenza. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Strengthen the management of slaughter, consumption, transportation, and trade of animals and animal products, especially organizing the prevention and strict handling of cases of illegal transportation of animals and animal products in and out of the province.
Organize and implement good sanitation, disinfection, and sterilization of livestock environment to prevent and control livestock and poultry epidemics in the first phase of 2020.
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| Quynh Luu district organizes chemical spraying to disinfect and sterilize the H5N6 avian influenza epidemic area. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Regarding African swine fever: Continue to drastically and synchronously deploy urgent solutions to prevent and control ASF according to the directives of the Central and the province, especially Decision No. 812/QD-UBND dated March 19, 2019 of the People's Committee of Nghe An province on promulgating an emergency response scenario to African swine fever in Nghe An province.
Units strengthen coordination
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 departments, branches and localities: 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 and control; fully prepare supplies, chemicals..., coordinate with localities to handle small-scale epidemics.
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The Departments of Finance, Industry and Trade, Health, Information and Communications, Provincial Market Management Department, Provincial Police, Provincial Border Guard Command, Provincial Radio and Television Station, Nghe An Newspaper, Customs Department and related departments, branches and sectors, based on their functions, tasks and powers, proactively coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and District People's Committees to implement drastic and synchronous measures to prevent and control livestock and poultry diseases.
