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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=ds vAlign=top width=435 height=0>Last Updated: <!--2007-10-16 12:04:34 todaysDate = Date(07, 10, 16, 12, 04, 34); --><SCRIPT language=JavaScript> dayarray = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday","Saturday"); montharray = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April","May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"); todaysDate = new Date("October 16, 2007 12:04:34"); document.write(dayarray[todaysDate.getDay()] + ", " + montharray[todaysDate.getMonth()] + " " + todaysDate.getDate() + ", "); //if (todaysDate.getYear() < 1000){ //document.write(todaysDate.getYear() + 2000); //} else { document.write(todaysDate.getFullYear()); //} document.write(" 12:04:34 Vietnam (GMT+07)"); </SCRIPT>Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:04:34 Vietnam (GMT+07) </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top><!--This begin of the news --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="50%" height=30>javascript:openwindowopt('http://ww...ties/email.php?catid=8&newsid=32551',400,460)</TD><TD width="50%">http://www.thanhniennews.com/print.php?catid=8&newsid=32551</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left height=35>Central province remains in grip of pig disease
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</TD><TD align=left width=5></TD></TR><TR><TD class=cap align=left colSpan=2></TD><TD align=left width=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>An outbreak of blue ear disease among pigs that began last month is spiraling out of control in Khanh Hoa Province, which lacks a specialized task force and facilities to combat it.
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>By yesterday, the disease had spread to 14 communes in four districts in the south-central province. Nearly 1,500 pigs have been culled, causing farmers losses of VND2 billion (US$125,000).
In Phuoc Hai Ward of Nha Trang alone, the first area to be hit by blue ear, 278 animals raised by 16 households had to be slaughtered.
Despite efforts, local authorities have been unable to bring the disease under control due to human and equipment short-ages. The number of infected and culled pigs continues to mount.
Nha Trang?s Animal Health Department only has three employees specializing in epidemic control. It also lacks adequate quarantine and sterilization facilities.
The entire city has just four sprayers for disinfectants while the need is for at least thrice the number.
Dao Thanh Tung, deputy head of the municipal Economic Department, said personnel had to be mobilized from other departments like the police to guard entrances into the city.
Their task is to prevent sick animals from being transported into or out of the city. But, without equipment, they can only check the animals with their naked eyes.
Transport and culling of sick animals too are not done efficiently. Many commune and district authorities do not consider them their tasks and do not help even with transporting sick pigs to burial places.
The city administration has slapped a ban on selling, trans-porting, and slaughtering pigs for food.
Affected farmers are not getting compensation payments in time because of the complex procedures involved.
One complained that his family had lost nearly VND45 million ($2,800).
Blue ear disease first hit the central region last June and spread rapidly around the country, infecting 60,000 pigs.
But by the end of August the government declared the epidemic eradicated. The disease reappeared in provinces like Khanh Hoa, Ca Mau in the south, and Lang Son in the north.
The PRRS virus, first found in the U.S. in the mid-1980s, reduces immunity in pigs and leads to secondary infections of bacterial diseases like Streptococcus Suis and salmonella, and is also associated with other viruses.
It causes pigs? ears to turn blue and induces appetite loss, high fever, miscarriage, premature delivery, coughing, respiratory problems, and even death in extreme cases.:tiphat: http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=32551
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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>By yesterday, the disease had spread to 14 communes in four districts in the south-central province. Nearly 1,500 pigs have been culled, causing farmers losses of VND2 billion (US$125,000).
In Phuoc Hai Ward of Nha Trang alone, the first area to be hit by blue ear, 278 animals raised by 16 households had to be slaughtered.
Despite efforts, local authorities have been unable to bring the disease under control due to human and equipment short-ages. The number of infected and culled pigs continues to mount.
Nha Trang?s Animal Health Department only has three employees specializing in epidemic control. It also lacks adequate quarantine and sterilization facilities.
The entire city has just four sprayers for disinfectants while the need is for at least thrice the number.
Dao Thanh Tung, deputy head of the municipal Economic Department, said personnel had to be mobilized from other departments like the police to guard entrances into the city.
Their task is to prevent sick animals from being transported into or out of the city. But, without equipment, they can only check the animals with their naked eyes.
Transport and culling of sick animals too are not done efficiently. Many commune and district authorities do not consider them their tasks and do not help even with transporting sick pigs to burial places.
The city administration has slapped a ban on selling, trans-porting, and slaughtering pigs for food.
Affected farmers are not getting compensation payments in time because of the complex procedures involved.
One complained that his family had lost nearly VND45 million ($2,800).
Blue ear disease first hit the central region last June and spread rapidly around the country, infecting 60,000 pigs.
But by the end of August the government declared the epidemic eradicated. The disease reappeared in provinces like Khanh Hoa, Ca Mau in the south, and Lang Son in the north.
The PRRS virus, first found in the U.S. in the mid-1980s, reduces immunity in pigs and leads to secondary infections of bacterial diseases like Streptococcus Suis and salmonella, and is also associated with other viruses.
It causes pigs? ears to turn blue and induces appetite loss, high fever, miscarriage, premature delivery, coughing, respiratory problems, and even death in extreme cases.:tiphat: http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=32551
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