Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Tan Tuan has just signed a directive to promptly prevent, control and combat African swine fever, limit damage to farmers and ensure food supply for the end of the year and the Lunar New Year 2025.
The head of Khanh Hoa province directed the Chairmen of the People's Committees of districts, towns and cities to be responsible to the Chairman of the province if African swine fever breaks out on a large scale, causing great damage in the management area.
In addition, local leaders directly direct and mobilize local resources to organize the complete handling of outbreaks (if any), organize the destruction of pigs infected or suspected of being infected with African swine fever, and proactively and promptly implement policies to support farmers suffering losses due to African swine fever.
Timely detect, prevent and strictly handle cases of buying, selling, transporting and slaughtering animals and animal products suspected of being infected with diseases; not ensuring food safety.
In the final stage of the year, localities continue to direct specialized agencies to review, specifically and accurately count the total pig herd and guide farmers to vaccinate their pigs against African swine fever; strengthen inspection, organize cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of points where vehicles transport animals to gather, transit, buy, sell, and bathe in the area to control and prevent animals carrying pathogens from other localities from being transported into Khanh Hoa province.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is responsible for directing the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine to coordinate with district-level professional agencies to organize guidance, urge, and inspect the work of preventing and controlling African swine fever.
In 2024, the Khanh Hoa Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine discovered an outbreak of African swine fever in Phuoc Dong commune, Nha Trang city and focused on handling and destroying dead pigs, while disinfecting to prevent the disease from spreading widely.
The main cause of the African swine fever outbreak in Phuoc Dong commune, Nha Trang was determined to be that Mr. Tran Dinh Binh's farm bought pigs from another farm in Cam Ranh city, possibly bringing the disease from another area.
In addition, livestock farmers use leftover food from restaurants, which does not ensure food hygiene and safety, leading to a high risk of disease transmission.
