The Ministry of Agriculture stipulates that poultry production and supply of poultry products will be stabilized.

Yu Kangzhen, Vice Minister of Agriculture, investigated the prevention and control of H7N9 influenza in Jiangsu Province on December 6. He stressed that the frequent H7N9 flu season has come, and animal husbandry and veterinary departments at all levels should take active action to earnestly implement various prevention and control measures, do a good job in H7N9 influenza prevention and control, and ensure stable production and effective supply of poultry products in the poultry industry.

The frequent outbreak season of H7N9 influenza has come. Animal husbandry and veterinary departments at all levels should take active action to implement various prevention and control measures.

Recently, there have been cases of H7N9 influenza in some provinces of China. Yu Kangzhen was very concerned about the development of the poultry industry, the epidemic prevention supervision of the live poultry market, and the prevention and control of poultry farms. He made a special trip to the Ssanglong Farmers Market and Xinlian Farmers Market in Hailing District, Taizhou City, to inquire in detail about the source of live poultry for sale and the changes in market prices, and to check the implementation of quarantine certificates of origin and disinfection of closed cities and other epidemic prevention measures. He fully affirmed the measures taken by the local government to regulate the live poultry market. He called on animal husbandry and veterinary departments in all localities to work closely with relevant departments under the unified leadership of the local government to refine practical measures and do everything possible to prevent the spread of the virus to humans in live poultry markets. Once there are H7N9 cases, animal husbandry and veterinary departments should simultaneously carry out monitoring and investigation to thoroughly eliminate the source of infection and the hidden dangers of the epidemic situation. Subsequently, he visited the Jinlu laying Hen Farm in Gaogang District, Taizhou City, and learned in detail about the hatching, feeding, sales, and benefits of laying hens. He urged the person in charge of the enterprise to provide scientific breeding and scientific epidemic prevention to provide safe poultry products for consumers. He called on animal husbandry and veterinary departments at all levels to strengthen the supervision of epidemic prevention in poultry farms and resolutely prevent the spread of the virus from live poultry markets to farms. Yu Kangzhen pointed out that winter and spring is a period of high incidence of influenza, such as H7N9, and animal husbandry and veterinary departments at all levels should adhere to the prevention and control of epidemic diseases with both hands and with the implementation of the national poultry H7N9 influenza elimination plan, strengthen the monitoring and inspection of live poultry markets and poultry farms, eliminate the hidden dangers of pathogens and epidemic situations in time, and effectively prevent the risk of epidemic diseases. On the one hand, we should pay close attention to the impact of influenza epidemic information on the poultry industry and the consumption of poultry products, strengthen public opinion and publicity, scientifically guide consumption, strengthen technical guidance and services, and implement policies to support the production of the poultry industry. we will actively promote the transformation and upgrading of the whole poultry industry chain and promote the sustained and steady development of the poultry industry.