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Last update 17/04/2013 (GMT+7)
FMD virus appears in central Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge ? A new type of food and mouth disease (FMD) virus has emerged in the provinces of Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa, in central Vietnam, but there is no suitable vaccine for it.
At a briefing on the prevention of animal diseases on April 16, the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) reported that the foot and mouth disease is dangerously developing in Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa, with the emergence of a new type A virus. Meanwhile, foot and mouth disease vaccine in Vietnam is only for type O virus and synthesis vaccine for three virus types. The reserve of the synthetic vaccine is 325,000 doses but this vaccine does not work with type A virus.
According to the department?s Deputy Director ? Mr. Dam Xuan Thanh, Vietnam does not yet have the plan to prevent the new FMD virus type. This virus type has also appeared in Thailand and this country is making research to produce vaccine itself...
Last update 17/04/2013 (GMT+7)
FMD virus appears in central Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge ? A new type of food and mouth disease (FMD) virus has emerged in the provinces of Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa, in central Vietnam, but there is no suitable vaccine for it.
At a briefing on the prevention of animal diseases on April 16, the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) reported that the foot and mouth disease is dangerously developing in Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa, with the emergence of a new type A virus. Meanwhile, foot and mouth disease vaccine in Vietnam is only for type O virus and synthesis vaccine for three virus types. The reserve of the synthetic vaccine is 325,000 doses but this vaccine does not work with type A virus.
According to the department?s Deputy Director ? Mr. Dam Xuan Thanh, Vietnam does not yet have the plan to prevent the new FMD virus type. This virus type has also appeared in Thailand and this country is making research to produce vaccine itself...