The People's Committee of Dak Plo commune, Quang Ngai province has just reported the situation of cattle raised by people in Dong Loc village suspected of having foot-and-mouth disease.
The Dak Plo commune government said that from July 18 to 20, 2025, in Dong Loc village, a cow farming household discovered a herd of domestic cows showing signs of fever, loss of appetite, drizzling water, sores in the mouth and toothpick, difficulty walking... so it reported to the locality.
Immediately afterwards, the People's Committee of Dak Plo commune coordinated with the Agricultural Service Center of Dak Pek commune to conduct an inspection and take samples for testing (currently waiting for results).
Specifically, the number of cows with symptoms of suspected foot-and-mouth disease is 33/66 cows/17 households. The number of farmed cows with symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease mentioned above has not been vaccinated with the first phase of foot-and-mouth disease in 2025.
Along with other emergency measures, the Dak Plo government has organized an outbreak suspect area, instructed people to isolate and treat cows suspected of being epidemic, disinfect the livestock environment with disinfectants; required households not to graze, release and trade sick livestock...
The People's Committee of Dak Plo commune has advanced funding to buy a number of drugs for epidemic prevention, including 20 bottles of Ecoli, 5 tablespoons of disinfectant lime, 20 bottles of bio-Cep 5...
To prevent widespread spread, the Dak Plo commune government has recommended that the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Quang Ngai province quickly support foot-and-mouth disease vaccines and animal disinfection chemicals for the locality to implement disease prevention and control with 4,599 doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine; 300 liters of antiseptic chemicals.
The Dak Pek Commune Agricultural Service Center sent staff with technical expertise to coordinate and support the locality in continuing to treat the cows suspected of being affected by the epidemic of people in Dong Loc commune.
It is known that the total herd of cattle in Dak Plo commune is currently about 6,199, of which the buffalo and cow numbers are about 4,599; pigs are about 1,600.
foot-and-mouth disease is considered by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) as the most dangerous infectious disease of all infectious diseases in livestock in general and in pigs in particular.
The danger of foot-and-mouth disease is due to the possibility of spreading very quickly and spreading widely through the air. The virus can spread through the air with a radius of kilometers, so when the disease broke out, the damage to livestock farmers was huge.
