Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Vietnam-Trade in live poultry markets south: Overwhelming H5N1 virus!


 - Wednesday, 02/05/2012, 8:21 (GMT +7)
 ! Prices in many markets + m living a healthy appearance, but the H5N1 virus tests refill!
  At the meeting the recent veterinary VI in Ben Tre, said Nguyen Xuan Binh - Director of the Regional Veterinary VI warned southern provinces mass density H5N1 virus circulating in poultry trading markets living is very high.  Especially as a rule, when an outbreak in northern quarter of the second quarter, the south will break out a new outbreak in cattle and poultry ...
  According to Nguyen Xuan Binh, monitoring results quarterly I/2012 H5N1 influenza A virus in the region, the prevalence of influenza A H5N1 virus appeared in most of the monthly sampling conducted at the poultry market trading.  This shows that bird flu virus is still present on the external environment and the poultry trade clinically healthy at the market "- Mr. Binh said.
 According to monitoring results, the percentage of H5N1 viruses circulating on the market of the provincial average of 4.5% in the first quarter.  In particular, the rate of H5N1 virus circulating on the market in Long An province, on the market was 1.9% in Tay Ninh province up to 13.5%.  Mr. Binh said that the local search to consider the source from where the H5N1 virus to take remedial measures to check immediately.

 Animal Health Agency Region VI also had several measures to guide local results as positive for H5N1 virus: Strengthening the management of poultry trade in the market, specifically in Long An is the market town of Hau means, fair Tuyen Nhon;
 in Tay Ninh Tan Lap, market town of Tay Ninh, Tan Bien market town. 
 Strengthening the management of poultry slaughterhouses and other transportation checkpoints. 
 Animal Health Agency Region VI also specifically warns of Tay Ninh province on H5N1 virus prevalence in many markets, require the Veterinary Department of the provinces of Tay Ninh and immediately recommended the initiative and local farmers in the province regular disinfection and cleaning disinfectant areas live bird markets, livestock pens and poultry slaughterhouses.
  VI Regional Veterinary Agency confirmed that, in the quarter I/2012, does not occur in the region into major outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, blue ear disease and bird flu.  However, as a rule, the northern quarter of the translation will be translated southern quarter, and this rule will not change in the coming months. Thus, the local note must be very prepared the plans for epidemic effectively.

 Related to bird flu vaccine, Le Minh Khanh - The Director of Tien Giang Department of Animal Health recommendations: Department of Animal Health has a list of allocated 6 million doses of bird flu vaccine for Tien Giang province, but so far still not received? 
 Answer, Mr. Mai Van Hiep - Deputy Director of Animal Health said last time due to the supply of vaccine procurement should take a long time, the company won the bid NAVETCO and are rushing to supply local.  He also said Agreement, the policy of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development only supports flu vaccination of poultry in 13 provinces, the rest from other provinces will adopt two mechanisms: Funding and socialization local vaccination .

 The risk of disease in cattle, Veterinary leaders also warned, in the quarter I/2012 regional provinces despite vaccination for cattle, swine, but the rate declined dramatically over the same period last year in 2011.  Specifically, two types of vaccine injection is focused on pasteurellosis of cattle decreased by 57% and 85% lower FMD vaccines.  In addition, four pigs were injected vaccines reduced: cholera vaccine decreased 19%, 24% reduced capacitor pasteurellosis, paratyphoid FMD decreased by 10% and 30%.

1 comment:

Duff Smith said...

As scary as Viet Nam's numbers are, scarier still is that everybody else either is not even monitoring, or they're monitoring and not saying.