According to information from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), from the beginning of 2024 to now, the whole country has had 1,005 outbreaks of ASF in 46 provinces, with 63,623 pigs having to be destroyed. In our province, from September 23, 2024 to September 26, 2024, there were 2 outbreaks of ASF in 2 communes of Nhon Son (Ninh Son) and Bac Son (Thuan Bac) with a total of 237 dead and destroyed pigs (168 dead, 69 destroyed). Assessing the current ASF situation in the whole country in general, our province in particular, the situation is complicated and unpredictable, in addition, the changing weather is moving to the rainy season, reducing the resistance of livestock, the ASF pathogen has invaded the province and has a very high risk of spreading widely in the coming time.
Comrade Trinh Minh Hoang, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting.
To proactively prevent and control ASF, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the People's Committees of Ninh Son and Thuan Bac districts to direct the People's Committees of Nhon Son and Bac Son communes to urgently establish control posts, on duty 24/24 hours outside the epidemic area to strictly and synchronously implement solutions to prevent ASF; review and count the total pig herd, carry out well the monitoring and early detection work, speed up the vaccination progress of the second phase of 2024 to ensure the rate reaches over 80% of the total herd at the time of vaccination, develop specific plans and projects to organize vaccination according to the vaccination plan; absolutely do not bring pigs in and out of the epidemic area for breeding in facilities that have not been recognized as disease-free, pigs can only be brought out of the epidemic area when the pigs are healthy, tested negative for ASF pathogens and are supervised by veterinary agencies. Assign the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to direct the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine to coordinate with localities, closely monitor the area, proactively monitor, detect early, warn and direct the thorough handling of newly emerging outbreaks, prevent the disease from spreading widely; instruct farmers to regularly monitor pig herds, apply biosafety measures; clean, disinfect; guide the construction of disease-free livestock facilities and areas. Organize sample collection for ASF virus testing and differential diagnosis for: Pig herds with suspected ASF symptoms; Pig herds suspected of having contact with ASF-infected pigs; Pigs that die of unknown causes, investigate to determine the cause if the pig herd is suspected of having ASF. Coordinate, strengthen information and widely disseminate in many forms about the dangerous nature of ASF, the risk of disease recurrence and spread, disease prevention measures and the use of ASF vaccines for meat pigs according to the instructions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; At the same time, maintain the hotline at 02593.504660. Departments, branches, localities, and units, according to their assigned functions and tasks, coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to continue to focus on directing the drastic and synchronous implementation of solutions to prevent and control diseases in livestock and poultry in accordance with the provisions of the Veterinary Law. In particular, Nam Thanh Ninh Thuan Construction - Trading and Production Company Limited, when discovering discarded pig carcasses during the process of collecting waste in localities, must promptly notify the People's Committee of the commune level in the area to coordinate with functional forces to trace the origin and destroy according to regulations; equipment and means of garbage collection must be cleaned and disinfected daily. When Ninh Thuan Irrigation Works Exploitation Company Limited discovers pig carcasses in rivers, streams, and canals, it must promptly notify the People's Committee of the commune level in the area to coordinate with functional forces to trace the origin and destroy according to regulations.
Xuan Nguyen
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