The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development inspects and controls the H5N1 outbreak.

(Baonghean.vn) - On February 3rd, a delegation from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nghe An province, led by Director Hoang Nghia Hieu, inspected the spring crop production situation and the H5N1 outbreak control efforts in Dien Chau and Yen Thanh districts.

The working group inspected and directed the prevention and control of the H5N1 outbreak in Dien Chau. Previously, a flock of free-range ducks belonging to Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung's family in Hamlet 5, Dien Loc Commune, Dien Chau District, suddenly fell ill and died in large numbers for unknown reasons.

Mr. Hung reported the incident to the authorities. The Dien Chau Veterinary Station took samples for testing, and the results were positive for H5N1. Immediately, Mr. Hung's entire flock of ducks, nearly 500 meat and laying ducks, was urgently culled.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province, inspects the H5N1 vaccination campaign in Hamlet 5, Dien Loc commune, Dien Chau district.

According to a report from the People's Committee of Dien Chau District: To prevent the spread of the disease, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has directed the Veterinary Sub-Department of Nghe An Province to provide 60 liters of Benkocil disinfectant and lime powder for disinfection and 20,000 doses of vaccine for vaccination of all poultry in Dien Loc commune, Dien Chau district. In addition, relevant forces have been instructed to closely monitor the disease's progression and the health of poultry flocks in the district.

For the spring rice crop, the total area is 9,210 hectares. 3,000 hectares were planted before Tet (Lunar New Year), and the remaining area was planted after Tet, completing the planting season on schedule before February 10th. The area for other crops, mainly peanuts, is still being sown slowly, reaching only 3,000 out of 4,000 hectares.

The working group inspected irrigation systems and pest and disease situations in Bao Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district.

The delegation inspected the irrigation water supply services at the North Nghe An Irrigation Company Limited. The North Nghe An Irrigation Company provides irrigation water for the spring crop, covering an area of ​​over 30,000 hectares in five key rice-growing districts: Yen Thanh, Do Luong, Dien Chau, Quynh Luu, and Hoang Mai town.

The unit is deploying workers to take turns on duty during the Tet holiday to ensure water supply for the spring crop. At the same time, they are strengthening water management and infrastructure before, during, and after the Lunar New Year, regularly inspecting key facilities, operating water sources promptly, and handling any incidents.

We visited the model farm of Mr. Thai Huu Loc's family in Vien Thanh commune, which raises over 100 buffaloes and cows imported from Thailand and Australia.

The delegation also inspected the progress of spring crop production in Yen Thanh district, the situation of pests and diseases affecting rice crops, and checked the progress of land clearing and spring reforestation at the Yen Thanh Protective Forest Management Board. They visited a model farm raising over 100 buffaloes and cows for fattening at the farm of Mr. Thai Huu Loc in Vien Thanh commune, whose animals were imported from Thailand, Australia, and Cambodia.

After inspecting the production situation, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu requested that Dien Chau district focus its efforts on suppressing the outbreak as quickly as possible, preventing it from spreading widely. He also instructed them to continue compiling statistics on the number of poultry vaccinated. Furthermore, he directed the veterinary station to coordinate with local authorities at the commune, ward, and town levels to strengthen monitoring and quickly detect cases of poultry disease in order to contain the outbreak within a limited area.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, inspects seedlings at the Yen Thanh Protective Forest Management Board.

Dien Chau needs to assign specific responsibilities to each member of the Provincial Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Livestock, Poultry, and Aquatic Animal Diseases, who should directly go to the grassroots level to supervise, direct, and monitor disease prevention and control work in localities, focusing on areas with a high risk of infection; and prepare human and material resources for emergency response when an outbreak occurs.

For Yen Thanh district, coordination is needed to effectively implement irrigation work, manage vegetation for forest fire prevention and control, accelerate the progress of spring forest planting, and care for spring rice crops according to proper technical procedures.

Van Truong