Pigs infected with foot and mouth disease are being culled and incinerated in souther Dong Nai provinceVietnam swings into action as foot-and-mouth spreads
Vietnam is scrambling to control foot-and-mouth disease, a livestock sickness, after 21 provinces and cities out of 64 reported cases of infection.
The Ho Chi Minh City animal health department has banned cattle and pig transport into the city. It also told authorities concerned to intensify checks at city entry points, immediately report any cases of infection to the nearest veterinary center, ban the sale of sick cattle, thoroughly inspect slaughter facilities and markets, and deal harshly with violators.
Cattle and pig sales at city markets have fallen by 30 percent, leading to a VND3,000-VND5,000 (25 cents) per kilogram drop in pork prices to 17,000-24,000 (US$1.2).
However, sales have jumped 30 percent at the Maximark Supermarket, possibly because of a notion the meat there is safer.
Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta discovered two more infected buffaloes in Vung Liem district.
The disease has thus spread to 12 out of the district’s 20 communes and towns while it has reported 34 infected pigs and three buffaloes.
Around 2,000 cattle and pigs have been vaccinated in the province, or around 57 percent of the target number.
Authorities in another delta province, An Giang, are considering allocation of over VND1 billion ($62,500) for free vaccination on cattle and pigs in areas bordering Cambodia.
Lam Dong province in the southern highlands has agreed to compensate farmers VND500,000 ($31) for each culled pig over 50 kilograms and VND200,000 ($12.5) if under 50 kg.
Over 200 pigs have been culled.
For each buffalo and cow under 180 kilograms the compensation is VND1 million ($62.5) and for those over VND1.5 million.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat said Friday: “The fight against the disease requires a long time. Now we can only relieve the symptoms and not cure the disease.”
He said all cattle in Vietnam could not be inoculated as it would be too costly. One dose costs VND16,000-VND18,000 (over $1).
The ministry was organizing tenders to buy more vaccines, he said.
Foot-and-mouth disease, also known as hoof-and-mouth disease, is a highly infectious viral disease of animals with cloven hooves such as cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and deer. It does not affect humans.
Source: Thanh Nien – Translated by Hoang Bao
The Ho Chi Minh City animal health department has banned cattle and pig transport into the city. It also told authorities concerned to intensify checks at city entry points, immediately report any cases of infection to the nearest veterinary center, ban the sale of sick cattle, thoroughly inspect slaughter facilities and markets, and deal harshly with violators.
Cattle and pig sales at city markets have fallen by 30 percent, leading to a VND3,000-VND5,000 (25 cents) per kilogram drop in pork prices to 17,000-24,000 (US$1.2).
However, sales have jumped 30 percent at the Maximark Supermarket, possibly because of a notion the meat there is safer.
Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta discovered two more infected buffaloes in Vung Liem district.
The disease has thus spread to 12 out of the district’s 20 communes and towns while it has reported 34 infected pigs and three buffaloes.
Around 2,000 cattle and pigs have been vaccinated in the province, or around 57 percent of the target number.
Authorities in another delta province, An Giang, are considering allocation of over VND1 billion ($62,500) for free vaccination on cattle and pigs in areas bordering Cambodia.
Lam Dong province in the southern highlands has agreed to compensate farmers VND500,000 ($31) for each culled pig over 50 kilograms and VND200,000 ($12.5) if under 50 kg.
Over 200 pigs have been culled.
For each buffalo and cow under 180 kilograms the compensation is VND1 million ($62.5) and for those over VND1.5 million.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat said Friday: “The fight against the disease requires a long time. Now we can only relieve the symptoms and not cure the disease.”
He said all cattle in Vietnam could not be inoculated as it would be too costly. One dose costs VND16,000-VND18,000 (over $1).
The ministry was organizing tenders to buy more vaccines, he said.
Foot-and-mouth disease, also known as hoof-and-mouth disease, is a highly infectious viral disease of animals with cloven hooves such as cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and deer. It does not affect humans.
Source: Thanh Nien – Translated by Hoang Bao
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