Dien Chau (Nghe An) African swine fever outbreak in 3 new communes
(Baonghean.vn) - 3 communes of Dien Chau district (Nghe An) have just had an outbreak of African swine fever including: Dien Thap, Dien Loi and Dien Hoa.
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| Destroying pigs infected with African swine fever in Dien Xuan commune (Dien Chau). Photo by Mai Giang |
Since the beginning of September, African swine fever has been on the rise and spreading rapidly in Dien Chau. From September 4 to 6 alone, Dien Chau district had 3 new outbreaks in 3 communes: Dien Thap, Dien Loi and Dien Hoa.
At the wild boar farm of Mr. Nguyen Viet Cuong's family in Dien Thap commune on September 4, 12 pigs weighing 650 kg had to be destroyed. This is an isolated farm far from residential areas and the farm owner carefully prevented the epidemic, regularly sprayed chemicals, sprinkled lime powder, and did not allow strangers into the breeding area, but the pigs still got sick.
Mr. Cuong said: Currently, the family is focusing on measures to protect the remaining pigs such as isolating the area where the pigs died, closely monitoring the pig herd to have timely treatment measures.
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| Spraying disinfectant at Nguyen Viet Cuong's farm, Dien Thap commune (Dien Chau). Photo: Mai Giang |
Currently, the African swine fever epidemic in Dien Chau is complicated and spreading rapidly in many communes. With the current epidemic situation, it is necessary to focus on fighting the epidemic drastically from functional sectors, local authorities and farmers.
Thus, in Dien Chau district, by September 6, 26 out of 39 communes and towns had African swine fever. Of these, 17 communes had declared the end of the epidemic, but 6 communes had relapsed. Along with the appearance of new outbreaks, these days, the situation of sick and dead pigs has been happening continuously in the epidemic area, with an average of 15-20 households having sick and dead pigs having to destroy them every day.
Dien Chau district still has 15 communes with the epidemic including: Dien Xuan, Dien Quang, Dien Hanh, Dien Dong, Dien Nguyen, Dien Binh, Dien Minh, Dien Cat, Dien Thang, Dien Tho, Dien Ngoc, Dien Loi, Dien Thap, Dien Thai, Dien Hoa. The number of pigs that had to be destroyed in Dien Chau district has reached 3,773 with a weight of over 170,579 kg.