Thursday, March 15, 2012

Vietnam: Danger of spontaneous poultry markets

16-3-12

Avian influenza is occurring in many provinces - into, for the quarantine of poultry transport, trade is being strengthened. However, in the city, there remain many poultry markets spontaneously the day before were flat, the next day to sell.

Not quarantined poultry sold rampant.

"Kidnapping disc '

Last week, the Joint Task Group includes veterinary forces, police and local authorities issued a military order up two poultry market development and demand on market demand Belt Bridge School sector 12 and Go Vap district.These poultry markets large-scale spontaneous activity from early morning until late at night. Road for pedestrians to cross the two bridges has occupied a place selling poultry. The peak at 30-40 vendors, with hundreds of chickens and ducks are sold each day. When inter-sectoral working groups have not seized poultry quarantine illegal trade, the seller also manh the fight to win back and smashed motor vehicles of duty.

With the determination of the military Joint Task Group, 2 spontaneous poultry market has been flat. However, through this week, two poultry markets spontaneous on demand and market demand Belt Bridge School reappeared in half for the District 12. The sellers in order to prevent forces selling just check a few chickens ducks, but also ask how much, by being hidden in poultry around the bridge area.

Why is hard to put down the poultry markets this? The former is the oldest poultry markets, large-scale business. Because the market is located between two districts 12 and Go Vap, people who are easy to handle sales, the county side the military, small businesses just run a few steps across the bridge to the district is endowed to sell. So the market is swept the day before, day after the sale. Poultry sold here are of unknown origin. The poultry sellers here said it was the chicken park in Hoc Mon and people said that if the sale of poultry bird flu is they who suffer first. However, poultry can not guarantee in this market spontaneously infected without quarantine.

Not only in areas 12 and Go Vap district, in many coastal counties and urban districts are more spontaneous poultry markets to grow, sell on the pavement of the road: La Xuan Oai (District 9), Ky (District 12), Kha Van Hiep Binh (Thu Duc), Nguyen Van Linh (7 and Binh Chanh district) ... just up the local saw few days later sold to small businesses. According to figures from HCMC Department of Animal Health, the province now has over 130 poultry markets spontaneous action. These hot spots are likely to cause an outbreak of bird flu, need to finish up.

Need to try harder

130 poultry markets spontaneously active causing avian flu prevention in HCM City difficult. Since early 2011, HCM City has Directive 07/2011 on measures to promote prevention of disease of cattle and poultry in the province. HCM City early 2012 have continued to Directive 04/2012 on prevention of avian influenza, the responsibility for the District Chairman - district must deploy forces standing ready manpower and funding to proactive response when outbreaks and solved the poultry business, the illegal slaughter of poultry.Chairman District - the district is responsible if their business is illegal poultry.Responsibilities have been clearly defined, but the poultry markets spontaneously appear just finished cleaning.

Talking with SGGP Newspaper, Mr. Huynh Tan Phat, deputy director of HCM City Department of Animal Health, said: To minimize the possibility of bird flu, in addition to professional duties have been assigned responsibilities, the Department has advised the level of strong measures and drastic, such as banning poultry, birds, pets in the home, residential. At the gateway to the city has a key quarantine stations operate 24/24. However, the risk of disease is difficult to be thoroughly checked if the Chairman of the county - district shall not see her, do not try to up the poultry markets spontaneously in the area.

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