The first outbreak of African swine fever appeared in Yen Thanh area.

Professional agencies and Tho Thanh commune authorities destroyed a herd of pigs positive for African swine fever on May 28. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Accordingly, on May 27, some pigs of Mr. Nguyen Huu Sang's family in Hamlet 7, Tho Thanh Commune got sick, showing symptoms of African swine fever. The District Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station took samples for testing.

By early afternoon today, May 28, the Veterinary Department of Region III had the results of the above-mentioned sick pig sample testing positive for African swine fever.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Sang sprinkles lime powder in front of his house gate. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In Mr. Sang's family's barn, there are 21 pigs, weighing from 75 - 85 kg, of which 2 are sick.

Mr. Sang said that his family bought this herd of pigs more than 3 months ago. He and his wife work in the rice milling business, and Mr. Sang often goes to buy and sell rice in Yen Thanh and Dien Chau, which could have brought the disease virus from other places to spread to his family's pigs.

On the afternoon of May 28, Tho Thanh commune set up 7 epidemic prevention checkpoints on the roads leading in and out of the area. Photo: Xuan Hoang

On the afternoon of May 28, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the District Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station directly went to the epidemic area to direct and guide the locality to take steps to prevent and control the epidemic.

Mr. Vo Thanh Dong - Chairman of Tho Thanh Commune People's Committee said: Along with the organization of destroying all pigs of Mr. Sang's family, setting up 7 epidemic checkpoints on the roads in and out of the commune, assigning forces to block 24/24 hours for 30 days. At the same time, propaganda on the loudspeaker system so that all people know...

Tho Thanh commune is the first place where African swine fever occurred in Yen Thanh district. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Yen Thanh is located between 5 communes with African swine fever, so the risk of an epidemic is very high. Previously, Yen Thanh district proactively purchased 80 tons of lime powder to supply 2 tons to each commune and town, to serve the work of epidemic prevention and control. The district also provided 500 liters of chemicals for communes to spray disinfectants, when there was no epidemic in the area.This afternoon, the District People's Committee will announce African swine fever in Tho Thanh commune.

Mr. Nguyen Van Duong - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Yen Thanh district.

"Yen Thanh district currently has about 100,000 pigs, mainly raised on a small scale. Meanwhile, neighboring districts have had outbreaks. Therefore, the work of preventing and controlling African swine fever will be very difficult" - Mr. Nguyen Van Duong worried./.