Yen Thanh rice hometown has 2 more outbreaks of African swine fever

In Ly Thanh commune, an outbreak of African swine fever occurred at the farm of Mr. Phan Van Son, hamlet 7.

Mr. Phan Van Son sprinkles lime powder in front of his house gate to limit the spread of the disease to other pig farmers. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Son said that his family had 4 pigs (1 sow and 3 pigs for meat). On May 25, 3 pigs for meat showed signs of illness, stopped eating and died. Because the family did not think about African swine fever, they buried them themselves. On May 27, the sow also became ill and stopped eating.

Worried, Mr. Son reported to the village and commune authorities, then the district veterinary officer came directly to take samples for testing. On the afternoon of May 29, Mr. Son's family received information that his pigs tested positive for African swine fever.

Mr. Son said that the reason his pigs were infected with African swine fever could be because his family had previously bought pork from the market, so the pigs were infected.

At the same time, Mr. Son sprayed chemicals to disinfect the entire barn area and his family's garden. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Immediately afterwards, Ly Thanh commune provided Mr. Son's family with 25 kg of lime and 1 liter of chemicals for disinfection and epidemic prevention.

Mr. Hoang Van Chin - Chairman of Ly Thanh Commune People's Committee said: Early this morning, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the District Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station held a meeting to deploy solutions to prevent, combat and control the epidemic in Ly Thanh Commune. Previously, the commune received 2 tons of lime powder and 15 liters of chemicals from the district. With that amount of lime powder and chemicals, the commune will deploy disinfection spraying in Hamlet 7 and serve at checkpoints. According to the district's direction, the commune will set up 2 main checkpoints and 2 secondary checkpoints on the roads leading to Hamlet 7.

Dong Thanh and Ly Thanh are two localities of Yen Thanh district where African swine fever outbreaks occurred on May 29, Google Maps photo

In Dong Thanh commune, an outbreak of African swine fever occurred at a small-scale livestock farm in Dong Xuan hamlet.

On the morning of May 30, the district's Department of Agriculture and the district's Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station directly directed the locality to implement epidemic prevention solutions according to the district's scenario.

For communes where the epidemic occurs, the district will announce the epidemic, assign specialized staff to the area, grasp the epidemic situation and urge the communes to prevent the epidemic. At the same time, it will direct all localities in the district to step up propaganda work so that all people can grasp the epidemic situation and proactively report to the local authorities when pigs are sick.

Mr. Nguyen Vuong Ngoc - Vice Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee

Thus, in just 3 days, Yen Thanh district had 3 outbreaks of African swine fever in 3 communes: Tho Thanh, Ly Thanh and Dong Thanh.