Prevention and control of major animal diseases in China

Introduction: Xinhua news agency, Beijing, September 2 - recently, there have been highly pathogenic avian influenza, foot-and-mouth disease and other animal epidemics in neighboring countries, which pose a threat to China Zoonoses such as anthrax and tuberculosis also occur in some provinces of China, and the epidemic situation is severe The Ministry of Agriculture announced Tuesday that the autumn action for prevention and control of major animal epidemics in 2005 was launched across the country In order to further strengthen the prevention and control of major animal epidemics, the Ministry of Agriculture recently released the autumn action plan for prevention and control of major animal epidemics in 2005 to ensure the development of animal husbandry and the health and safety of the people The Ministry of agriculture requires the prevention and control of major animal diseases such as highly pathogenic avian influenza and zoonoses as the focus, focusing on four special actions First, focus on immunization Before the end of October, it is required to carry out a comprehensive centralized immunization As for foot-and-mouth disease and highly pathogenic avian influenza, it is necessary to avoid them as much as possible At the same time, it is required that all localities should formulate supervision programs and monitoring plans for immunization effects, pay close attention to their implementation, and ensure the density and quality of immunization The second is to regulate the harmless treatment of dead livestock and poultry and their breeding behavior Before the end of September, all localities are required to conduct a comprehensive inspection on the treatment of dead livestock and poultry in the livestock and poultry farms (households), trading markets, slaughtering and processing places and transportation links within their jurisdiction, establish and improve the treatment system of dead livestock and poultry, and strictly implement the "four no one treatment", that is, no killing, eating, selling and transferring of dead livestock and poultry must be carried out as required It is required to take harmless treatment Third, the epidemic monitoring action Before the end of November, all localities are required to conduct a pathogenic surveillance of FMD and highly pathogenic avian influenza within their jurisdiction Highly pathogenic avian influenza is mainly monitored in water network area, migratory bird migration area, border area and trading market Foot and mouth disease is mainly monitored in border areas and dairy farms A key investigation was carried out on anthrax and rabies, and the important zoonoses such as tuberculosis were monitored according to the monitoring plan Fourth, strengthen quarantine supervision Before the end of October, a special rectification activity of quarantine supervision and law enforcement will be carried out in a centralized way with the province as the unit It is strictly prohibited to list animal products that have not been quarantined or fail to pass quarantine inspection; those who evade and refuse quarantine and sell dead animals and diseased meat shall be punished strictly according to law; they shall cooperate with relevant departments to crack down on the acts of private slaughtering and disorderly slaughtering, and resolutely ban the illegal slaughtering business activities.