Saturday, August 14, 2010

'Insufficient' looking blue ear pig spread

Updated at: 9:54 AM, 14/08/2010
With nearly 36,000 blue ear pig disease has killed and destroyed, agricultural damage throughout the country thousands of billion dong.
However, the agricultural sector and local authorities are still not making effective measures against the epidemic, in addition to propaganda, ditches and destroyed pig respiratory disease.
Meanwhile, according to local reports at the conference "Implementation of urgent measures to prevent blue ear disease" by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held in HCM City yesterday, the disease situation that is not relieved We have a strong tendency outbreak spread faster.

Damage increases with speed transmission

According to his calculations Cao Van Hoa, Deputy Director of Agriculture and Rural Development in Tien Giang province, local heaviest suffered by the blue ear pig, with 14,800 dead and destroyed (nearly 50% of pig disease country), the loss of over 500 billion. If this includes damage to services trade, slaughter, transport, the amount of damage up to 1,000 billion.

Thus, nearly 36,000 pigs were killed and destroyed in 21 provinces and cities have service (up to this point) of the farmers claimed more than 2,000 billion VND. According to information from his chemistry, sources of pork and Tien Giang provinces almost no time, we have the fears of consumers purchasing a pig disease, while other markets are also limited. But consumption of resources that farmers expect a price drop in HCMC also tragic. The provincial leaders are thought to concentrate the slaughter, and frozen pork to health resources, to minimize damage to people.


The support for the herd is destroyed, many localities are very inadequate.
Photo: Chau Thanh

But according to representatives of DARD Hau Giang province, although only published translation Nga Bay in the town two days ago, but with changes in disease spread rapidly as now, then again some day, probably Late Jiang service will be announced across the province. "We have done enough" all "and still coming but translation and more powerful. We recommend all of his herd destroyed, if in a few children now sick, but folded to treat diseases of pigs is very local, "you said.

The management of animal feed is now loose as well as promote the causes disease spread. In almost all provinces, bran in the pig after pig farm service are destroyed, farms and brought back the agent, the agent is brought back to sell to other camps, in which germs spread.


With Chairman Vo Lam Phi Khanh Hoa province to declare the epidemic began on 6 / 8 at 6 communes of four districts, with nearly 200 sick pigs. But just over a week, on 13 / 8, had 36 communes in 6 districts with nearly 3,000 infected pigs.

With the situation spread too fast, only a few days, the disease will "cover" the province, except the district of Changsha. Khanh Hoa new disease destroyed 1303 pigs, 1700 pigs still awaiting destruction and disease remains unpredictable happenings. Estimated funding only anti-epidemic, Khanh Hoa need 11 billion.

Translate race disaster

Bring to bear the suffering of the local damage due to years of service time may also, Nguyen Thanh Quang, director of DARD of Quang Nam province, urgent: "Do not know what that reason three, four years , Quang Nam in any "sticky" service. When the service detects the area, have used the veterinary control measures, such as disinfection, sterilization, destruction of pig death and burial of the correct method, then slaughter inspection, but did not prevent .

Currently, the province has nearly 600,000 children herd. Not translated through the flood season is coming, Quang Nam people now sitting on the fire, because they need early to avoid consumption of natural disaster damage. But with events like this disease, we do not know what to do. "


Minister Cao Duc Phat to eat pork at the conference with the message "Do not boycott the pork!"



"We can say the fight against PRRS herd is nearly over as we're not using your hands. We only know there are excellent reef, only a few pesticides with lime! ". Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Cao Duc Phat.


With the Mekong Delta, which is where the outbreak was powerful and complicated, the current local government is very difficult to foresee the ability to control the epidemic. This region is beginning to flood, those that are translated are difficult in the destruction or burial.

Many places were identified pig disease floating around the canals, making the risk of epidemic spin out of control. Now in Ho Chi Minh City, Department of Animal Health are very tired every day determined to go salvage pig disease in canals bordering the provinces of Long An win for destruction, the people thrown into the service, even where the epidemic has not yet appeared . HCM City concerned not know the ability to "hold focus" is to day.

Combat experience and service with bureaucracy?

Mr. Nguyen Tung, deputy director of the Center for veterinary diagnostic Central Bureau of Animal Health, said: At this point, not a vaccine of blue ear pig virus. If impatient people, voluntarily purchase vaccine for pigs vaccinated elsewhere, the pig still sick, still dead. Department of Veterinary not have any recommendations on vaccine use. World has also advised not to use green ear vaccine efficiency.

According to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat, because so far, all vaccines that Vietnam will not be effective, or not long-time effects, anti-epidemic work should be mainly based on practical experience local policy measures from previous outbreaks. Mr. Phat also said that in a survey of local service these days, where detection of pig disease to occur, the government dead, veterinary agencies discovered. Then it's too late, services have spread to many households.


Recommendations for patients with dried and then crushed pork as food for cattle, who proposed this solution that pathogenic blue ear virus exists only at temperatures below 650C, if cooked in boiling water, then completely 1000C eliminate the ability to cause disease. Minister Cao Duc Phat said that if considering the safety of these measures may be feasible to apply.


Add another reason that the situation is difficult to control because some provinces do not uniformly support price for the herd must be destroyed. Provincial support is 25,000 kg of a pig, but also consciously support only 15,000 to 20,000 dong per kg ... lead to traders, people move pigs from low to support where support is higher, Agriculture and Rural Development or pig disease stalk the market.

According to Minister Le Huy Ngo, in many localities, by limiting the propaganda, people are dead pig epidemic must be destroyed not know that they are supported by the State. Traders took advantage of this psychological pressure, causing people to sneak pork sold for $ 500,000 contract service / baby weighing 1000 kg, while bringing destruction can support more than 2 million.

Mr. Pham Xuan Thao, Department of Animal Health Department HCMC, said the test herd imported from other provinces in HCM City recently, almost all the sample results are for viral pathogens, while permit from the provincial animal health agencies when exported are certified healthy pigs sources. The reason for this is because dealers license healthy pigs, but pig disease to go underground consumption, in order to collect your profits.

"Everyday I also eat pork!"

Mr. Phat stressed, though complex disease, but to be source swine veterinary inspection bodies, certification and quarantine clear, then people can secure to use. Do not worry, excessive pork boycott. "Everyday I also eat pork!" He said Phat.

Nguyen Phuoc Trung, deputy director of HCMC Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said the city had planned Affairs Department of Trade and Industry, Agriculture and Rural Development organized the acquisition of pig enterprises, aiming to stabilize prices and stabilize the market. Anything consumed immediately, the consumer, otherwise reserve, the translation is to make consumption of meat, for sure after this severe outbreak, schools would be the lack of pork.

Despite not making the solution effective prevention and control, but to avoid damage, it was suggested that, should treat swine disease by bringing about the plant, dried, finely ground to feed. A factory in Binh Duong province has also accepted this approach, however, required to make boiled pig disease before putting on the factory. However, many people are concerned how this data is safe in case the virus does not cause death?. Minister Cao Duc Phat, the proposed local research and provide excellent measures soon, can be applied to many places.


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