Pig production and classical swine fever in vietnam

摘要

Vietnam is a Southeast Asian country bordered by China to the north, PR laos and Kampuchea to the west, and the South China Sea to the east and south. It has 78 million inhabitants in an area about 320 000 km~2. The climate is tropical, hot and humid and north of the 16~th parallel, it is cold in winter (November-April). Livestock consists mainly of pigs (18 million), cattle and buffalo (6 million) and poultry (180 million). This paper outlines pig production in Vietnam and then details the situation of classical swine fever (CFS), still the most important disease in pig production.