Vietnam: Many dangerous diseases in livestock are at risk of outbreak

From the beginning of 2022 up to now, animal diseases have basically been well controlled, creating favorable conditions for livestock production, ensuring food supply for domestic consumption, and promoting the export of animals and products. animal. However, according to local reports, a number of dangerous diseases in animals are on the rise. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the risk of epidemics occurring in the last months of 2022 and early 2023 is very high. The causes are said to be the results of active surveillance, showing that the above pathogens are still circulating at a relatively high rate in many localities. Besides, the total herd of livestock and poultry is very large (over 500 million poultry, nearly 28 million pigs, about 10 million buffaloes, cows, goats, sheep,...). The total herd of livestock and poultry increased sharply, while small-scale livestock production accounted for a large proportion, and biosecurity was still very ...