Friday, May 28, 2010

PRRS herd threatens Vietnam

This is more information, on the article I posted here

05/28/2010 1:33

The amount of sick pigs were transported to HCMC are skyrocketing a unsettling.

According to statistics of the HCM City Department of Animal Health, is every day more than 2,000 pigs had to be transported from the provincial city of consumption. Particularly pig from the North via Highway 1A transportation into the city last week as more than 1,500 children (accounting for 3.5% of the pig). Bring in samples of meat tested, up to 50% of pigs transported unknown origin from other provinces in Vietnam have a positive rate with PRRS virus causing blue ear disease.

City Animal Health Department also discovered a number of weaned pig farms in the area HCMC infected with blue ear virus rate of 12.5%. Shortly after discovering some households weaned pigs infected with blue ear, department carried out the destruction and strengthening monitoring what's happening next at the farmers said.

Most recently, Binh Thanh District Veterinary Station in route discovery of Dien Bien Phu (Saigon Bridge area) two passenger cars and a truck transporting 617 kilograms of pork of unknown origin, not certified quarantine. According to the testimony of the original owners, some meat from the province of Dong Nai. Previously, veterinary forces also captured a city of a large batch of live pigs imported from the Bac Giang translated signs of blue ear disease.

According to the HCM City Department of Animal Health, compared with last year's import of pork and the City average increase from 280 to 300 animals per day, while the number of pigs were slaughtered in Long An, Binh Duong, Dong Nai province into Vietnam has also increased from 280 to 290 children per day. In addition, source milk from pig epidemic northern provinces into Vietnam is also very large and does not guarantee preservation standards.

See more tests on breeding herd being in the provinces of Long An, Dong Nai, Tay Ninh, also discovered various meat samples containing PRRS virus. Although the entire pig blue ear virus have been destroyed and anti-infection treatment for both now rest, no supervision pork originating from the provinces to also be strengthened in 24 districts but the ability to translate pig diseases in the city are spread at an alarming rate.

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