Blue-ear disease strikes the South

Blue-ear disease has infected pigs in 30 southern provinces, including the Mekong Delta, during the last 21 days, reports the Animal Health Department.

The latest infections were identified in southern Binh Phuoc, An Giang, Ca Mau and Tra Vinh on Thursday, it says.

The Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry has asked provincial officials to take immediate measures to suppress the outbreak.

Department’s epidemiological service’s head Van Dang Ky said more than 200,000 doses of Chinese-made blue-ear vaccine had been distributed to 21 provinces as of yesterday. Each province had received 20,000 doses.

The vaccine, which arrived last month, will be administered from Wednesday. — VNS

Tags: blue-ear pig disease, Vietnam agriculture

Posted by VBN on Sep 5 2010. Filed under Agriculture. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry