A poultry farm in Trà Vinh Province. Trà Vinh Province is supporting livestock farmers to vaccinate their poultry against avian influenza. VNA/VNS Photo

TRÀ VINH - The agricultural sector in Trà Vinh Province is raising awareness and supporting livestock farmers to vaccinate their poultry against avian influenza.

The Sub-department of Livestock and Veterinary Medicine of Trà Vinh Province will assist livestock farmers in vaccinating over 3.15 million poultry and conduct disinfection spraying in barns and at poultry trading, slaughtering, and processing points.

In the first quarter of 2024, the department provided over 8,960 litres of chemicals to localities for disinfection spraying in barns for 49,640 livestock farming households.

Through awareness campaigns, livestock farmers in the province administered vaccines to 808,098 poultry, totaling over 1.03 million vaccine doses.

In Cầu Kè District, a significant portion of the poultry population comprises free-range ducks, making up approximately 40 percent of the district's total poultry count of 1.1 million. 

The district has seen notable success in poultry disease prevention and control, particularly in flock management and avian influenza vaccination.

Despite the district's sizable poultry population, the primary focus of farming remains on large-scale production, with livestock farmers demonstrating a high level of awareness regarding disease prevention and control measures.

Hà Mỹ Xuyên, head of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station of Cầu Kè District, said that since the beginning of the dry season in 2024, the station has monitored poultry farming for restocking to promote and support poultry farmers in vaccine administration. 

As a result, over 200,000 poultry have been vaccinated against avian influenza in the district, which led to the effective managing and monitoring of the disease without any outbreaks.

On average, Trà Vinh Province has around 6.7 million poultry raised by households annually. 

Currently, there are three large-scale poultry farms with a total of 36,000 chickens and 65 livestock, and poultry farms of medium scale, with a total of over 257,000 animals, while the remaining are small-scale livestock farming households. 

In 2024, Trà Vinh Province aims to develop approximately 7.8 million poultry. 

The province encourages and guides livestock farmers towards industrial-scale poultry farming with a focus on biosafety and disease control. 

Farmers are encouraged to adopt high-quality breeding stock, implement disease prevention measures and establish safe livestock farming plans to minimise the risk of disease outbreaks. - VNS