Nearly 82,000 pigs in Vietnam's two central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh and northern Thanh Hoa province have recently infected with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), known as blue ear disease, according to a local veterinary agency on Thursday.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked local relevant agencies to kill all infected pigs to prevent the spread of the disease, the ministry's Department of Animal Health said.
The PRRS is now hitting four Vietnamese localities, Nghe An, HaTinh, Thanh Hoa and central Quang Nam province, said the department.
The PRRS was first recognized in the United States in the mid-1980s and is now present in most pig producing countries. The symptoms include reproductive failure, pneumonia and increased susceptibility to secondary bacterial infection.
Source: Xinhua
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