Illustrative image – Animal health officials vaccinate fowls (Photo: VNA)
Long An (VNA) – The Department of Animal Health
and Livestock Production of the Mekong Delta province of Long An has increased preventive
measures against and other virus strains entering its border gates with
Cambodia, said Phan Ngoc Chau, head of the department.
The agency will closely supervise cross-border poultry transport
and trading, including the offering of live fowls and poultry products of organisations
and individuals in border areas.
It has sent one million vaccines against to border
districts while coordinating with local authorities in monitoring and
implementing vaccination at small-scale breeding households.
The border gates are guarded around the clock to oversee poultry trading and
people crossing the border.
Long An province has about 8 million fowls, 70 percent of which are chicken. Most
farms in the locality have vaccinated their poultry to prevent the diseases.
For small-scale breeding households, the department has been
cooperating with localities in implementing State-funded vaccination programmes.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
