African swine fever approaches Hai Duong

Mr. Hanh's farm, Mr. Hoan's son, is the second largest in the commune, selling hundreds of pigs each year. Not only pigs for meat, the farm also raises breeding pigs to supply the whole region. After several days of heavy rain, it has now stopped so Mr. Hoan took the opportunity to go to his son's pig farm to remind them to clean the pig pen. Seeing her father come out early in the morning, Ms. Loan, the daughter-in-law, was surprised and asked:

- Dad, why didn't you call or tell my family to pick you up by motorbike? It's tiring to ride your bike.

- I ride a bike for fitness, to visit the fields and remind the farmers to clean the barns. I heard that in Quang Ninh and Hai Phong provinces, there is an outbreak of African swine fever. 44 provinces and cities also have this epidemic - Mr. Hoan said.

Mr. Hanh came back from the pond and heard the story between his father and his wife, and immediately said:

- We haven't even arrived in Hai Duong yet, why are you so worried so soon? It's been raining too much these past few days, and my family is busy renovating the fish pond, so we haven't had time to hire someone to clean up the livestock area. Maybe we'll have to wait a few more days!

Seeing his son hesitate, Mr. Hoan corrected him:

- If the epidemic reaches Hai Duong, your farm will surely be ruined. Do you remember 5 years ago, Uncle Thin's farm in the neighboring village had to destroy dozens of sows, and due to heavy debt, he had to abandon the farm and follow his children to the South to live? Luckily, I was sober enough to remind you to "ban the farm" early. Clean the barns and implement epidemic prevention measures, otherwise it would have been ruined. Don't be subjective!

Hearing her father recall the African swine fever "storm" that swept through 5 years ago, Loan said softly:

- It's true that there hasn't been a major epidemic for a long time, so we're being complacent. I'll call the brothers working in the pond today to come up and clean up the livestock area. I'll also prepare medicine and disease prevention measures early.

Seeing his daughter-in-law understood, Mr. Hoan said:

- Prevention is better than cure. When the epidemic comes, we will not be passive. It took a lot of effort and money to raise them to this size, only 2-3 more months to sell them...