Mandatory Animal Immunization System is Implemented in Shanghai

Shanghai has conducted overall mandatory immunization system on major animal epidemics and it adopts mandatory immunization measures to bird flu this year, which turns out to very important to epidemic control.
Shanghai has promoted agricultural insurance since 1982. This year the city conducts basic insurance system to all the pigs, milk cows and poultry and the insurance rate has reached 100%. After the approval of China Insurance Regulatory Commission, Shanghai is preparing to establish the first professional agricultural insurance company in China.
Recently, about 300 pig farms in the suburbs of the city have established the production information recording system, recording in details for animal epidemic control and quarantine. The city also conducts immunization labeling management system to domestic animals. So far, Shanghai has issued 8.96 million sets of pig ear tags, 110 thousand sets of cattle ear tags, and 900 thousand sheep ear tags, and the use of immunization ear tags has reached 100%. From 2002, over 350 thousand licensed dogs in the downtown area and suburban towns of Shanghai have been injected with electronic tags and the database platform of the dog raisers has been used to have an all-round supervision and management of dogs. Meanwhile, quarantine at the place of origin is strictly regulated to ensure the wholesomeness of the animal to be launched on market and prevent the spreading of epidemic diseases. So far, the quarantine rates of animals at the places of their origin and slaughter have reached 100% in Shanghai.
Source: www.Shagri.gov.cn