The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has ordereddistrict animal health bureaus to keep out livestock and poultry fromprovinces that have reported outbreaks of animal diseases.
Several neighbouring provinces that supply livestock and poultry to thecity, including Long An, Tien Giang, Binh Phuoc, and Dong Nai, havereported outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease.
Cityveterinary agencies have discovered that diseased pigs from provinceswhere the disease has been reported have been brought into the citybecause of poor oversight in those provinces, the Animal HealthSub-department said.
Besides, bird flu and blue eardisease in pigs, which resurface periodically in several provinces, are athreat to the city's livestock and poultry.
The city'sSteering Committee for Epidemic Prevention has announced that householdsbreeding livestock and poultry without registering with relevantagencies, of unknown origin, or without vaccinating them will not beassisted financially when epidemics break out./.
Several neighbouring provinces that supply livestock and poultry to thecity, including Long An, Tien Giang, Binh Phuoc, and Dong Nai, havereported outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease.
Cityveterinary agencies have discovered that diseased pigs from provinceswhere the disease has been reported have been brought into the citybecause of poor oversight in those provinces, the Animal HealthSub-department said.
Besides, bird flu and blue eardisease in pigs, which resurface periodically in several provinces, are athreat to the city's livestock and poultry.
The city'sSteering Committee for Epidemic Prevention has announced that householdsbreeding livestock and poultry without registering with relevantagencies, of unknown origin, or without vaccinating them will not beassisted financially when epidemics break out./.
