On July 19, information from the Nghe An Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine said that African swine fever is recurring in many mountainous communes.
According to statistics from Mon Son and Con Cuong communes, since the beginning of July, there have been 24 outbreaks recorded, with a total of 500 pigs caught and destroyed.
Most of the affected households are small-scale livestock households, with limited sanitation and disease control conditions. In Mon Son commune alone, 18 outbreaks were detected, destroying nearly 400 pigs.
Not only stopping in Mon Son commune, within less than 2 weeks, the epidemic continued to appear in villages and hamlets in Con Cuong commune such as the villages of Tan Dan, Trung Chinh, Trung Huong, Thuy Khe... The local government destroyed 60 pigs.
Immediately after recording the outbreak, the People's Committee of Con Cuong commune held an urgent meeting with the Steering Committee for disease prevention and control in livestock and poultry, proposing urgent measures such as establishing temporary quarantine posts, spraying poison, disinfecting the entire epidemic area and risk area.
Along with that, the destruction of sick cattle and financial support for affected people were also implemented. All activities of buying, selling, transporting livestock in and out of epidemic areas are prohibited for 21 days.
Commune officials have also visited each village, hamlet, and household to propagate and instruct livestock farmers to recognize signs of the disease and preventive measures.
Localities are urgently surrounding and handling the situation to prevent the epidemic from spreading widely.
According to the recommendation of the veterinary agency, the outbreak is mainly in small-scale livestock households, not ensuring biosafety. People need to proactively report to the authorities when detecting unusual signs, do not arbitrarily slaughter or throw dead pigs into the environment.
