Vietnam: Imported millions of doses of vaccines for the prevention of thick dermatitis in buffalo and cattle

Published 2021년 1월 16일

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Vietnam is grappling with an outbreak of bovine dermatitis (VDNC), with the disease spreading across 17 provinces and cities, including Hanoi, causing concern due to its potential to kill cattle. In 2020, the disease infected 1,534 cattle, resulting in 219 deaths, and the outbreak persisted into early 2021, affecting 41 cattle across 15 communes in four provinces, resulting in 15 deaths. To combat this, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has permitted three companies to import 50,000 emergency doses of vaccine from Turkey, Jordan, and Egypt, and is importing an additional million doses. The ministry has also piloted the use of the vaccine in cattle in several provinces, vaccinating 3,493 buffaloes and cows, and plans to extend this in January - February 2021 to all epidemic areas and high-risk communes.

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Kinhtedothi - After appearing in Vietnam in October 2020, bovine dermatitis (VDNC) continues to progress quite complicatedly. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has coordinated with import businesses and implemented pilot use of VDNC vaccines on livestock herds. Epidermatitis can cause death of buffaloes and cows. According to statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2020, epidemic diseases have appeared in 44 districts of 17 provinces and cities, including Hanoi. The total number of cattle (mainly buffaloes and cows) infected is 1,534, of which, 219 buffaloes and cows have died, forcible destruction. In the first weeks of 2021, epidemic diseases of VDNC continue to occur in 15 communes of 4 provinces. The total infected cattle were 41; Of which, the number of deaths and to be destroyed is 15. According to the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the risk of VDNC epidemics continues to spread ...

Source: Kinhtedothi