Urgent measures to prevent blue ear disease

(Baonghean.vn) -This afternoon, March 14, in Dien Chau, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to discuss measures to prevent and control blue ear disease in pigs in the province. Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Attending the meeting were representatives of leaders of 9 districts and towns including Yen Thanh, Dien Chau, Quynh Luu, Do Luong, Nghi Loc, Hung Nguyen, Nam Dan, Vinh City and Cua Lo Town.

From March 6, 2013 to March 13, 2013, blue ear disease occurred in Phu Thanh, Tho Thanh and Do Thanh communes (Yen Thanh).The total number of infected pigs destroyed was 196.Nationwide,Currently, there are 5 provinces with blue ear disease that has not passed 21 days, in the North Central region alone there are 4 provinces: Quang Tri, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa.

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong delivered a concluding speech at the meeting.Yen Thanh district leaders reported the epidemic situation in the district.

Through discussion, delegates agreed that the main cause of the epidemic was due toThe pathogen still circulates in the carrier pig herd, whilecurrentlyThe changing weather creates favorable conditions for pathogens to develop and spread.;Vaccination rate, small-scale farming; some local authorities have not paid much attention to disease prevention work.

Concluding the meeting, comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee stated that the risk of widespread disease spread is very high. Yen Thanh district must urgently implementmeasuressyntheticepidemic preventiontgreen; mobilize the entire political system,Concentrate human and material resources to control, contain and extinguish the epidemic as soon as possible, not letting it spread to other localities.Localities without epidemic need to havenotify the development of the epidemic situation; risk of epidemic occurrence; deploy comprehensive measures to prevent and control epidemics;promote propaganda workand disease surveillance.Implement well the work of disinfection and vaccination in spring crop 2013.DistrictsBordering Yen Thanh district including Nghi Loc, Dien Chau, Quynh Luu, Do Luong and districts on Highways 7 and 48 including Anh Son and Thai Hoa town urgently set up quarantine checkpoints, guard 24/7 to strictly handle violations. When an outbreak occurs, all forces must be concentrated, and comprehensive anti-epidemic measures must be deployed synchronously..

Phu Huong