Nghe An still has 53 African swine fever outbreaks that have not passed 21 days

On the afternoon of May 12, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to deploy solutions to prevent and control livestock and poultry diseases in the province.

Comrade Nguyen Van De - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Attending the meeting were representatives of the leaders of the following departments: Agriculture and Environment; Finance; Science and Technology; Health; Industry and Trade and the Provincial Police.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Xuan Hoang

As of May 2025, Nghe An has a herd of 793,943 buffaloes and cows, a herd of 1,024,522 pigs and a herd of more than 37.8 million poultry.

According to the Department of Agriculture and Environment, from the beginning of 2025 to now, there have been 70 outbreaks of African swine fever in 13 districts, cities and towns; the total number of pigs forced to be destroyed is 1,700, weighing 99,021 kg.

Districts with many outbreaks: Yen Thanh, Do Luong, Nghi Loc, Quynh Luu, Anh Son, Thanh Chuong.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van De chaired the meeting. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Currently, the province has 53 outbreaks of African swine fever that have not passed 21 days in 11 districts and cities. Compared to the first months of the year, recently, the number of outbreaks of African swine fever has shown signs of increasing in localities such as Yen Thanh, Do Luong, Anh Son, Nghi Loc, Thanh Chuong...

Rabies has occurred in 6 outbreaks in animals in 4 districts: Tan Ky, Do Luong, Nghia Dan and Nam Dan.

Comrade Dang Van Minh - Head of the Provincial Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine reported on the current epidemic situation in the province. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Avian influenza, 2 outbreaks of A/H5N1 occurred in Quynh Luu and Dien Chau districts; foot-and-mouth disease, 1 outbreak occurred in Tan Ky district.

The provincial Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine has deployed vaccination work for the spring crop of 2025. However, the results so far have been low.

Comrade Tran Van Hien - Vice Chairman of Do Luong District People's Committee spoke about the work of disease prevention and control for livestock in the district in recent times. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Vaccination rates for the 2025 Spring crop in Nghe An. Chart: Xuan Hoang

According to the professional agency, with the current situation of small-scale livestock farming and the reasons such as the vaccination rate not reaching 80% of the total herd, the lack of strict control over animal transportation, especially the provision of breeding animals to projects that do not fully comply with regulations on disease prevention and control, and the lack of thorough slaughter control, the disease situation still has potential complications.

Vaccination is the most effective disease prevention solution for livestock. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In addition, there are still cases of people hiding the epidemic and "selling" animals suspected of being infected. The process of destroying infected animals is still incorrect or not completely destroying infected or suspected animals. Free-ranging dogs and cats are still common and not strictly managed.

The trading and use of vaccines at veterinary medicine businesses, livestock farms and households have not been closely inspected and monitored. The complicated weather has reduced the resistance of livestock, so the risk of African swine fever, foot and mouth disease, rabies, avian influenza and other dangerous livestock diseases arising and spreading in the coming time is very high.

Rabies vaccination in Thanh Chuong district. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van De said that the disease situation in livestock is complicated, especially in some communes of Con Cuong and Que Phong districts. Therefore, the provincial leaders requested localities to pay attention to propaganda work on mass media so that people can raise their sense of responsibility in disease prevention and control.

Localities need to promptly detect disease outbreaks to have timely solutions; pay special attention to the situation of dumping dead pigs in canals, especially the Dao River system through Do Luong and Yen Thanh districts.

When an epidemic occurs, districts, towns and cities direct communes to effectively implement disease prevention and control solutions; at the same time, carry out statistical work well to have a basis for supporting people.

The Department of Agriculture and Environment needs to proactively advise the Provincial People's Committee to promptly supply vaccines and other materials to serve the work of disease prevention and control for livestock in the province.

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