On August 21, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quang Tri province confirmed that by 4:00 p.m. on August 19, 5 communes and towns in Huong Hoa and Dakrong districts had foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Quang Tri province .
On August 17, relevant units inspected and took samples in Ba Long commune, Dakrong district. The results showed that 32 cattle and buffaloes of 12 households were infected with the disease.
Initially, it was identified that the buffalo herds of households in Da Noi village, Ba Long commune grazed together and had contact with the buffalo herds of Trieu Nguyen commune (Dakrong district).
Finding out information from the people of Trieu Nguyen commune, the commune's buffalo herd grazes in the Hill 365 area bordering the Cua area (Cam Lo district). Buffalo showed signs of illness about 15 days ago and was treated for symptoms.
In Huong Hoa district, there are 4 communes and towns with foot-and-mouth disease with a total of 67 infected cattle; died, buried 3 cows. In Huc commune alone, there were 35 cattle infected with foot-and-mouth disease in 4 villages; 1 has died, 19 have been healed and 15 are being treated.
Faced with the above mentioned foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, on August 16, 2024, Huong Hoa District People's Committee decided to announce an epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in buffaloes and cows in Huc commune.
It is known that one of the reasons why the epidemic appeared in this district came from cows provided to people by a poverty reduction project. These cows were brought from other localities, only a few days later they developed the disease, but the authorities were slow to detect, localize, and stamp out the epidemic.
Mr. Nguyen Phu Quoc - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quang Tri province said, leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, representatives of the Department of Finance, leaders of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine and the government Local authorities have inspected the actual situation at epidemic outbreaks to direct and guide epidemic prevention and control measures. At the same time, direct the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine to continue to organize inspections and guide epidemic-affected localities and non-epidemic localities adjacent to epidemic localities to proactively deploy prevention measures. , prevent siege and promptly stamp out the epidemic, preventing it from spreading on a large scale.
