Authorities Impose Strict PRRS Control Measures
VIET NAM - The HCM City People's Committee has ordered districts to step up efforts to check the spread of blue-ear disease (Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome; PRRS) among pigs.

Viet Nam Gets Help Establishing Fair Trade Rules
VIET NAM - Viet Nam is building a solid foundation of laws and notification procedures regarding food, animal health and plant health with assistance from the US Grains Council and the Food and Agriculture...

Compensation for Farmers of PRRS-Infected Pigs
VIET NAM - Dak Lak province is to compensate farmers whose pigs have been slaughtered as the result of blue ear disease.

Blue-Ear Cull Now Exceeds 300,000
VIET NAM - Blue-ear disease (also known as porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome; PRRS) has now been recorded in 32 provinces.

Blue-Ear Disease Spreads Rapidly
VIET NAM - The veterinary sector has worked with provinces to ensure preventive measures have been taken to deal with worsening situation of blue-ear disease, otherwise known as porcine reproductive and...

Measures in Place as PRRS Becomes More Widespread
VIET NAM - Localities are urgently tightening control of the transport and slaughtering of sick pigs in an effort to contain the blue-ear pig, or porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) epidemic,...

PRRS Found in 13 Provinces
VIET NAM - As a new outbreak is confirmed, the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus has now been found in 13 of the country's provinces.

Blue Ear Disease Reported in South Viet Nam
VIET NAM - Blue ear disease (porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome; PRRS) has occurred in the country's southern Tien Giang province with 380 infected pigs.

Out-of-Town Pigs Increase PRRS Risk in HCM City
VIET NAM - A lot of sick pigs are being brought into Ho Chi Minh City every day, adding to the risk of the blue ear disease spreading here, health officials say.

HCM City Under Threat from Blue Ear Pig Disease
VIET NAM - A recent test on pork in Ho Chi Minh City has shown that the southern city is at risk from an outbreak of blue ear pig disease or porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), the local...

Minister Warns PRRS May Cause Pork Shortages
VIET NAM - The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat, has urged northern Bac Giang province to clamp down on blue ear pig disease (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome; PRRS)...

Blue Ear Disease Still Spreading
VIET NAM - Porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome (PRRS; Blue Ear disease) is spreading in the northern and central regions of the country.

Viet Nam Takes Control of Blue Ear Disease
VIET NAM - Viet Nam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed local administrations in areas affected by blue ear disease, also known as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) to beef...

PRRS Strikes Six Areas; Ton of Pork Seized
VIET NAM - Police in the northern province of Hai Duong have confiscated more than a ton of pork and pork fat of unknown origins, which was set to be transported to Hai Phong City.

Blue Ear Spreads in Viet Nam; Bird Flu Found
VIET NAM - The Health Ministry Friday announced that a 2-year-old girl from Bac Kan Province was infected with the bird flu. Also on Friday, the Animal Health Department under the Ministry of Agriculture...

PRRS Hits Northern Vietnamese Province
VIET NAM - Blue ear disease or Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in pigs was reported in one more northern province Hung Yen of Vietnam, according to the Department of Animal Health under...

Viet Nam Finds Swine Virus in Children’s Vaccine
VIET NAM - Researchers have found traces of a virus that lives on swine in a diarrhea vaccine produced by British GlaxoSmithKline and used widely in Viet Nam.

Pork with Anabolic Steroid Found in HCM City
VIET NAM - More than 10 per cent of pork tested in Ho Chi Minh City this year has been found containing clenbuterol that was fed to the animal to keep their meat lean, officials said Wednesday.

HPAI, FMD and PRRS Set to Return to Viet Nam
VIET NAM - VIET NAM - Animal health officials predict that foot and mouth disease (FMD), blue-ear disease (PRRS) and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) will soon return to the south of the country....

Pig Hijackers Caught in PRRS Quarantine Zone
VIET NAM - The authorities have thwarted a pig hijacking an area hit by blue ear disease.

Livestock Diseases Continue to Plague Farmers
VIET NAM - Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday asked Quang Nam authorities to prioritise prevention of blue-ear disease (or PRRS) among pigs.

Poultry and Livestock Diseases Continue Spreading
VIET NAM - Diseases affecting Viet Nam’s fowl and cattle are continuing to spread throughout the country, the Department of Animal Health said at a meeting held in Hanoi yesterday.

Quang Nam Province Ravaged by PRRS
VIET NAM - The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Nam has officially declared the outbreak of blue-ear pig disease in the province and banned all transport, trade, slaughter and the...

PRRS Hits Three Vietnamese Provinces
VIET NAM - A blue-ear epidemic in pigs is developing in three Vietnamese provinces, resulting in nearly a thousand of pigs being infected with the blue-ear virus, said the Department of Animal Health under...

Blue Ear and FMD Reported in Viet Nam
VIET NAM - Blue ear and foot and mouth diseases occurs in Quang Ninh province.

Trichinellosis Outbreak in Viet Nam
VIET NAM - The veterinary authorities have sent an Immediate Notification to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about a new outbreak of trichinellosis in pigs.