Huong Hoa controls diseases well in livestock farming

The ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Huong Hoa district have potential and advantages to develop strongly in livestock farming. In recent times, the district has strengthened management, promptly prevented smuggling and illegal transportation of animals and animal products, controlled epidemics well, developed sustainable livestock farming, and ensured food supply for the market.

Building a disease-free livestock farm at Economic-Defense Group 337, Huong Hoa district - Photo: NTH

To develop sustainable livestock farming, in 2023, Huong Hoa district supported 2,850 doses of rabies vaccine; over 20,000 doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine and 12,000 doses of lumpy skin disease vaccine for buffaloes and cows.

At the same time, people bought 1,700 doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine to vaccinate pigs through vaccination monitoring at farms; 10,100 doses of anthrax, paratyphoid, and cholera vaccines to vaccinate other livestock.

The disinfection of the livestock environment was carried out in two phases, with a total of 1,149 liters of various chemicals used in the district. In 2023, there was an outbreak of rabies in dogs in Block 5, Khe Sanh town in mid-May 2023; an anthrax outbreak in buffalo and cow herds in Cuoi village, Huong Lap commune in mid-August 2023; African swine fever occurred in Long Phung village, Tan Long commune in mid-November 2023 and was promptly controlled. Dangerous diseases in poultry flocks did not occur and were basically stable.

Regarding the control of livestock and poultry slaughter, the district currently has 15 slaughterhouses, of which 7 are controlled by the District Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station, and 8 are household-scale facilities managed by the locality.

In the past time, slaughterhouses managed by the locality and the District Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station have always complied with the requirements of the veterinary agency, basically strictly implementing slaughter control, ensuring veterinary hygiene, food safety and hygiene, ensuring clean food for consumers. The prevention of smuggling of animals and animal products has been promptly and strictly controlled by competent agencies, units and localities.

Through screening and monitoring, since the beginning of 2023, no cases of smuggling of animals and animal products across the border have been detected, contributing to ensuring a source of clean food with clear origin for consumers...

With the view of developing the livestock industry effectively and sustainably, Huong Hoa district focuses on implementing synchronous solutions to thoroughly prevent smuggling and illegal transportation of animals and animal products, effectively control animal diseases, reduce costs, lower livestock prices, and improve economic efficiency in livestock farming.

Strengthen coordination with Border Guards, Customs, Police... to inspect, monitor and control at border gates, trails and openings in border areas to prevent and strictly handle cases of smuggling and illegal transportation of animals and animal products across the border into Vietnam.

Strengthen propaganda for the people, especially those in border areas, about the harmful effects of smuggling, the risk of dangerous infectious diseases, and food safety loss due to illegal transportation and smuggling of animals and animal products from abroad into the country.

Guide farmers to apply livestock farming techniques towards concentrated commodity farming, biosafety, disease safety, and taking advantage of locally available food sources to reduce production costs and improve economic efficiency.

Prioritize the allocation of resources to synchronously and effectively implement measures to prevent and control animal diseases, especially African swine fever, according to the provisions of law. Thanks to good disease control over a long period of time, the livestock industry in Huong Hoa district is recovering and developing again. In the first quarter of 2024, the total livestock herd in the district was over 67,300, an increase of 14.9% over the same period last year.

Based on the restructuring orientation of the livestock industry of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, for livestock to develop effectively, the work of building disease-free zones plays a very important role, contributing to minimizing risks and providing safe food sources for the market, especially for the chains linking from livestock farming, slaughtering to processing and consuming products.

With the attention of all levels, sectors and the consensus of livestock breeders, the work of disease control, development of disease-free livestock areas and facilities in Huong Hoa district has many positive changes.

In the coming time, Huong Hoa district will continue to focus on implementing synchronous and effective solutions to control epidemics, prevent the risk of infection and spread of dangerous diseases to livestock in the area, contributing to promoting the sustainable development of the livestock industry.

Khanh Ngoc

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