Vietnam's central Nghe An province was stricken by foot-and-mouth disease, raising the number of affected localities to two, local newspaper Youth reported Wednesday.
The disease affected 28 buffaloes and bulls in Nghe An from April 15-21, the paper quoted the Department of Animal Health under the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as saying.
Now, the central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh are being hit by the disease, said the department.
Under a national agriculture development plan approved by the government in 2005, Vietnam will, by 2010, have 35-40 million pigs, some 6.7 million bulls and cows and 2.8-3 million buffaloes.
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