Each province has an avian disease-free zone

According to the Ministry of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the country currently has 2,210 disease-free regions and institutions in 55 provinces and cities with 4,125 disease safety certificates for 20 diseases.

This includes: 1,687 disease-free poultry production facility and area certifications; 2,386 times certification of disease-free pig production facilities and areas; 52 certificates from other cattle farms and areas are still valid.

It is worth noting that the majority of disease-free animal production facilities and areas are currently concentrated in the southeast region, a key breeding area in the country. In particular, each province in the southeast has a poultry disease-free area.

Referring specifically to poultry, provinces and cities in the southeastern region have built and issued certificates for 959 disease-free poultry production facilities valid for one or more diseases (bird flu). , Newcastle).

In the southeastern region, 21 district-level epidemic-free zones were successfully established in Dong Nai (7 districts), Binh Duong (5 districts), Tay Ninh (1 district), Binh Phuoc (6 districts), and Binh Phuoc (6 districts) Ba Ria – Vung Tau (2 districts). city ​​only. Ho Chi Minh City has now established a provincial-level disease-free zone.

In terms of pig production, provinces and cities in the Southeast region have built 579 disease-free pig farms still valid for one or more diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, classical swine fever and African swine fever, in which, there are 264 pig farms free of the African swine fever are.

Specifically: Dong Nai has built 234 disease-free pig farms, of which 101 are disease-free for African swine fever; Binh Phuoc built 133 disease-free pig farms; Ba Ria – Vung Tau built 70 disease-free pig farms; Binh Duong built 48 disease-free pig farms; Ho Chi Minh City built 36 disease-free pig farms; Tay Ninh built 10 disease-free pig farms.

The provinces and cities in the Southeast region have established 6 district-level disease-free zones for foot-and-mouth disease and classical swine fever, including 4 districts of Binh Duong Province and 2 districts of Ba Province. Ria-Vung Tau.

Many disease-free livestock production chains have also been established in the Southeast for the domestic market and for export. As in Binh Phuoc, there is a chain of disease-free chicken meat for export through CPV Food.

In this province, too, Japfa Comfeed Vietnam initially set up a production chain for disease-free pork for export. Currently, Japfa Comfeed operates a total of 33 farms (8 hatcheries and 25 meat farms) in Binh Phuoc with a total herd of approximately 111,280 animals. The company is building a pig slaughterhouse with a capacity of 374,400 pieces/year and an animal feed factory with a capacity of 40,000 tons/month.

In Binh Duong, 3F Viet Food Co., Ltd. set up a chain of poultry farms to supply slaughterhouses in the same province with products for consumption in domestic and foreign markets.

The total flock of broilers raised by this company in Binh Duong is about 1.5 million, reared in 25 processing plants, and has been certified disease-free for domestic flu by the Binh Duong Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine. The company also has a slaughterhouse in Kien An Hamlet, An Lap Township, Dau Tieng District, Binh Duong Province, with a slaughtering capacity of about 20,000 poultry/day…

successful experience

To successfully establish epidemic-free zones, first and foremost requires close attention and guidance from provincial leaders.

Tran Tue Hien, Chairman of the Binh Phuoc Provincial People’s Committee, said that the resolution of the 11th Congress of the Binh Phuoc Provincial Party Committee, term 2020-2025, aligns agricultural development with 3 main export products: livestock products (pigs, chickens); cashew; wood products.

On June 25, 2022, the Standing Executive of the Binh Phuoc Provincial Party Committee adopted Conclusion No. 368-KL/TU on the development of animal disease-free breeding areas in the province in 2021-2030.

On September 7, 2022, the People’s Committee of Binh Phuoc Province issued Resolution No. 1633/QD-UBND approving the project to develop animal disease-free breeding areas in Binh Phuoc Province in 2021-2030.

Accordingly, by 2030, Binh Phuoc will focus on the successful establishment of 11/11 districts, cities and townships in the province to be disease-free from bird flu and Newcastle disease in chickens according to Vietnamese standards; in which there are 6 districts and cities: Dong Phu, Dong Xoai, Chon Thanh, Bu Dang, Hon Quan, Phu Rieng, which comply with OIE standards.

According to Ms. Tran Tue Hien, from 2019 to date, Binh Phuoc Province has coordinated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Animal Health to develop a disease-free chain and area for poultry to export to the area. deliberately.

There are currently 6 districts, cities and municipalities in the province including: Dong Phu, Dong Xoai, Chon Thanh, Hon Quan, Binh Long and Bu Dang which have been assessed as safe by the Ministry of Animal Health and recognized as safe from Avian Flu and Newcastle- Illness.

Establishing a county-level disease-free zone for foot-and-mouth disease and classical swine fever is an experience of successful localities, organize construction of facilities (breeding households, livestock farms, etc.) to achieve disease safety (phase 1), then build epidemic-free facilities at the community level and eventually start building disease-free districts.

All counties building disease-free zones have plans, directed by the chairman of the county people’s committee, to organize the development, approval, allocation of funds, and allocation of specific tasks to agencies and organizations.

Large animal husbandry in the southeast is developing strongly, which is also one of the important reasons for the construction of disease-free zones. According to Mr. Nguyen Truong Giang, director of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department of Dong Nai, large pig and chicken farms account for 90-91% of the total herd in this province.

Large farms focus on promoting the application of technological advances in the production process, particularly biosafety and disease-free breeding, and organize production in a closed chain. These are favorable conditions for the construction of disease-free breeding facilities and areas.

In order to establish a disease-free pig breeding area for export, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked the People’s Committee of Binh Phuoc Province to instruct the relevant departments, branches and agencies at all levels to coordinate with the Ministry of Animal Health to organize the implementation of this program . effectively explained: “Plan to build up a chain and area for pig production (at district level, then at provincial level) to be disease-free according to the regulations of OIE and Vietnam.

Through the actual survey, as well as on the basis of the situation of pig production, the total pig herd, land fund, the conditions of the isolated geographical area, to ensure the satisfaction of the epidemiological and epidemic factors in pigs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development – Rural Development (Department for Animal Health) proposes to the Binh Phuoc Provincial People’s Committee to review and prioritize Bu Dang District (especially in Dang Ha Municipality and neighboring municipalities) and recommend companies such as Japfa Comfeed Vietnam and GreenFeed Vietnam. .. Coordinate with the organization to set up pork production chains, the area of ​​Bu Dang district is safe from diseases to serve for export.