Ha Tinh specialized sector supplements the work of preventing and controlling African swine fever

Faced with the complicated developments of African swine fever, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Ha Tinh province requested to continue strengthening prevention and control to minimize damage.

On the morning of December 20, the Department of Livestock Production and Veterinary Medicine of Ha Tinh (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) held a conference to review the work of disease prevention, control and vaccination against African swine fever (ASF).

More than 100 delegates were officers from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Center for Science and Technology Application and Plant and Animal Protection, and owners of livestock farms in the area.

In Ha Tinh, prolonged rains have flooded many livestock areas and barns, polluting the livestock environment; livestock households have increased their herds to meet the demand during the Lunar New Year; increased buying, selling, and transportation activities... are risks of the emergence and spread of dangerous infectious diseases in livestock and poultry, especially ASF.

Therefore, good implementation of livestock management and disease prevention, especially ASF, is a condition for livestock farming activities to take place safely and effectively.

From August 2023 to present, DTLCP has developed complicatedly in localities across the country and the North Central region.

In Ha Tinh, from November 10 to December 19, 2023, ASF occurred in 11 communes: Cam Duong, Cam Quan, Nam Phuc Thang, Cam Lac, Cam Thach (Cam Xuyen); Lam Trung Thuy (Duc Tho); Xuan Pho (Nghi Xuan); Trung Luong ward, Dau Lieu ward (Hong Linh town); Tan Lam Huong, Thach Ngoc (Thach Ha), causing 213 sick and dead pigs, forcing them to be destroyed with a weight of over 16 tons.

Ha Tinh specialized sector supplements the work of preventing and controlling African swine fever


Mr. Tran Hung - Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Ha Tinh: The total pig herd in the province is currently over 400,000. Currently, the epidemic situation across the country, especially in the North Central provinces, is becoming more complicated.

Ha Tinh specialized sector supplements the work of preventing and controlling African swine fever

Mr. Le Dinh Hue - Head of the Veterinary Department of Region III noted solutions to prevent ASF.

The conference was attended by Mr. Le Dinh Hue - Head of the Veterinary Department of Region III to review the work of disease prevention and control, especially ASF.

Specifically: localities with epidemics need to organize inspections and strictly control the trading, transportation, and slaughtering; establish a council to handle the destruction of sick pigs, ensure the accuracy of the quantity and volume of destroyed livestock, records, and procedures according to regulations. Instruct breeders to apply biosafety measures, not to increase or re-raise herds when disease safety conditions have not been ensured to avoid damage; carry out sanitation, disinfection of barns, livestock environments, and related areas to ensure requirements and frequency; closely monitor the situation to promptly detect and handle new outbreaks...

Continue to promote propaganda about the situation and developments of the epidemic; raise awareness and responsibility of breeders, traders, slaughterers... to proactively implement disease prevention and control measures; promptly report when detecting sick pigs, pigs dying of unknown causes, not self-treating and selling sick pigs.

In addition, establish inspection teams, assign specialized staff to closely follow the grassroots to guide, direct, and closely monitor the disease situation in pig herds; take samples for diagnosis, testing, and promptly treat sick pigs according to regulations...

Ha Tinh specialized sector supplements the work of preventing and controlling African swine fever

Mr. Tran Xuan Hanh - Deputy General Director of NAVETCO Central Veterinary Medicine Joint Stock Company informed about DTLCP vaccine.

At the conference, Mr. Tran Xuan Hanh - Deputy General Director of NAVETCO Central Veterinary Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company informed about DTLCP vaccine; answered questions and related contents about the technical process of DTLCP vaccination so that localities in Ha Tinh can effectively implement vaccination in the coming time.

Ha Tinh specialized sector supplements the work of preventing and controlling African swine fever