Re: Vietnam, Mekong Delta - Unusual weather conditions increase chance for bird flu outbreak
Updated at: 5:05 PM, 06/01/2011
Warning risk of recurrence of avian flu in the Mekong Delta
(VOV) - Appeared psychology owner does not comply with the prescribed husbandry.
Recently, the expression of any abnormal weather makes the livestock and poultry in the Cuu Long (Mekong) becomes more difficult. Cold weather the current risk of further outbreaks in poultry increased, while poultry through vaccination vaccine has not been strictly controlled.
Now, before cold weather is the condition for the avian influenza virus growth, the Veterinary Department of Dong Thap province with the Veterinary Station District, the city is actively in the work of prevention avian influenza. However, recently, on Lap Vo district, Dong Thap province had a small poultry farmers appearance of clinical signs of avian influenza. Therefore, the provincial Animal Health Department in time to coordinate with the District Veterinary Station to conduct the verification and destruction with the number 350 at the same time, to shed hygiene, disinfection and livestock sector neighborhoods, not to disease outbreaks.
Risk of bird flu outbreaks likely at any time, so the veterinary Dong Thap strengthen disinfection, random sampling from the point of sale to confirm bird monitoring diseases, ensuring services are not wide spread.
According to statistics, in the province had a total poultry population of over 2 million children and a large amount will be marketed before, during Tet. Therefore, prevention now facing many difficulties.
Little Master Vo Hien, director of Veterinary Medicine Department of Dong Thap province, said: "duck appeared on the winter-spring rice area soon. Now we concentrate on monitoring and inspection will especially focus on vaccinating poultry flocks for 2 nose. "
It can be said of avian influenza have the potential risk and may break out at any locality. In Ca Mau, although most provinces have announced bird flu appeared in a HH Tan An commune, Ngoc Hien district, but this is a warning by the examination, vaccination against the disease more difficult.
In fact, in the Mekong delta, flock management experience to run the service does not happen is because of propaganda to the farmers are aware of vaccination and to carry out the register to the local poultry and staff veterinary management and control. However, subjective psychology has appeared in some local livestock should not be prescribed compliance. On an adjacent rice fields between the two provinces of Vinh Long and Dong Thap, we had meetings with the owner of a flock of over 200 children. This person said: "Price increases that eggs do not increase the price of food. We have to duck up the same road profitable new business. In one spot for the ducks do not develop, feeding bran, it was no whistle. "
Like many localities in the region, with 2 million birds, An Giang province has continued to direct the work to promote the prevention of avian influenza before New Year 2011 crown. On the other hand, enhance the inspection, the border controls along the border to combat smuggling of poultry, poultry products across borders.
Pham Thi Hoa, deputy director of Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said: "The province is also focusing on prevention, especially in measures 5 and 5 blocked. Besides focusing on propaganda, causing actively prevent spread, especially in areas where the epidemic. "
Risk of bird flu could come in flocks, at present, local authorities in the Mekong Delta region are focused on vaccinating and advocacy to raise awareness of people. Besides, promoting the development of poultry farming in the direction of biosecurity. These are efforts aimed at safety of poultry farming and sustainable. /.
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