Focus on raising livestock and poultry under the direction of biosecurity, ensuring quality and food safety
18/03/2024
(binhthuan.gov.vn) In the first quarter of 2024, the livestock situation in the province continues to be stable and tends to increase; of which, the herd of cows reached 183,500 heads, up by 2.1% over the same period last year; the herd of pigs reached 380,000 heads, up by 5.5% over the same period last year (the pig herd increased mainly due to businesses increasing herd size); the poultry herd had 6,520 thousand heads, up by 5.1% over the same period last year.
The disease prevention and slaughter control on livestock and poultry were increasingly implemented by localities, especially before, during and after the Lunar New Year. In the first quarter of 2024, the whole province has vaccinated 3,719,138 doses of diseases on livestock and poultry; quarantined 691,325 animals of all kinds; controlled slaughter of 17,093 cattle and poultry. In addition, localities also focused on drastically and synchronously implementing solutions to prevent and control diseases in farmed animals. Coordinated with localities to implement the first phase of the month of environmental cleaning, disinfection and disinfection in 2024; thanks to that, in the first quarter of 2024, no dangerous disease outbreaks in livestock and poultry appeared in the entire province; some other infectious diseases occurred but at a sporadic level and did not spread out into epidemics.
In the coming time, localities will continue to implement disease prevention and slaughter control on livestock and poultry. Focus on directing and promoting the production and raising of livestock and poultry under the direction of biosecurity, ensuring quality and food safety, and meeting people's consumption needs. Strengthen coordination to strictly manage business activities and transportation of livestock and poultry products; especially preventing the use of banned substances in livestock farming.
Nguyễn Phương