According to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment, 14 out of 21 communes have recorded no new ASF cases for 21 consecutive days, signaling progress in containment.
These include An Nhơn Đông, Tuy Phước Tây, Tuy Phước, Ân Hảo, Cửu An, Ia Nan, Mang Yang, Ia Tul, Ia Krái, Chư Sê, Ia Krêl, Ia Phí, Lơ Pang, and Al Bá.
From late June to late August, the province reported 1,020 pigs infected and culled, 935 market and suckling pigs and 85 sows and boars, with a total weight exceeding 61,670 kilograms. The losses are estimated at more than 3.7 billion VND (about USD 145,000).
“The epidemic situation is under control. The rate of spread, the proportion of infected pigs, and the number of pig deaths are all trending downward,” said Đoàn Ngọc Có, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment.
To maintain control, Gia Lai has extended four temporary inter-agency animal disease checkpoints until September 30, located at Bình Đê (National Highway 1A, Hoài Nhơn Bắc ward), Song An (National Highway 19, Cửu An commune), Ia Khươl (National Highway 14, Ia Khươl commune) and Ia Le (National Highway 14, Ia Le commune).
To date, more than 2,500 vehicles transporting animals and animal products have been inspected and disinfected.
Huỳnh Ngọc Diệp, Head of the sub-Department of animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, warned that ASF remains a high risk due to widespread small-scale, non-biosecure farming.
Many households raise pigs in makeshift barns near residential areas and roads, with poor hygiene and limited disease prevention practices.
Local authorities have been instructed to strengthen surveillance, conduct inspections, and promptly test suspected cases.
Public awareness campaigns are also being intensified to encourage disease reporting and stricter control of production, trade, slaughter, and processing of animal products.
Farmers are advised against restocking herds en masse. Restocking should only occur at certified facilities meeting biosecurity standards, with quarantine areas, proper barns, and waste treatment systems.
“Breeding stock must have clear origins and be fully vaccinated and quarantined. Farmers need to intensify disease prevention measures, especially disinfecting barns to minimize the risk of transmission,” Diệp emphasized.
