Lumpy cow skin disease spreads to 18 provinces
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published : 9 May 2021 at 06:00
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The Department of Livestock Development is seeking a vaccine for a lumpy skin disease found spreading across the kingdom s cattle population, said Sorravis Thaneto, director-general of the department.
Mr Sorravis said the department is contacting vaccine makers overseas to buy doses and import them into the country.
The disease is spreading among cattle pens in 18 provinces in the Northeast, the Central Plains region and the North, such as Kalasin, Roi Et, Nakhon Phanom, Maha Sarakham, Khon Kaen, Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom and Chiang Rai.
Department officials first detected the disease in Don Daeng village in Roi Et s Phanom Phrai district last month, and the finding was reported to the World Organization for Animal Health on April 9, Mr Sorravis said.
Poultry imports from Lithuania banned due to flu
Staff writer, with CNA
The government has removed Lithuania from its list of nations free of avian influenza and has banned live poultry imports from the European country after an outbreak was confirmed at a poultry farm, the Council of Agriculture said yesterday.
Importing live birds or eggs used for breeding purposes from Lithuania has been banned with immediate effect, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine said.
The ban should not have any effect on local supplies of poultry, as Taiwan does not currently import live birds from the European nation, the bureau said.
Philippines bans entry of poultry products from Poland By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published December 23, 2020 3:46pm Philippine authorities have temporarily banned the entry of domestic and wild birds and their products from Poland due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 in the European country. In its Memorandum Order 78, Series of 2020, signed by Agriculture Secretary William Dar on December 21, the Department of Agriculture (DA) ordered the temporary banning of importation of domestic and wild birds and their products such as poultry meat, day old chicks, eggs, and semen. DA s memo cited Poland’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s report to the World Organization for Animal Health on December 3 that there was an outbreak of H5N8 which started on December 1 in Nakory, Suchozebry, Sidlecki (1426), Mazowieckie affecting birds as confirmed by its National Veterinary Research Institute.