Allocating Funds for Vaccination Efforts in Animal Disease Prevention and Control

Funding for vaccination activities in the prevention and control of livestock and poultry diseases (illustration)

Circular 80/2008/TT-BTC stipulates the funding for vaccination activities in the prevention and control of livestock and poultry diseases as follows:

- For livestock and poultry of households, individuals, and cooperatives, the state budget supports:

- Support for individuals directly participating in vaccination with the average level per vaccination: For pigs, it is 1,000 VND per pig per vaccination, for buffaloes and cows, it is 2,000 VND per buffalo/cow per vaccination, for poultry, it is 100 VND per poultry per vaccination. In cases where the remuneration per vaccination is less than 50,000 VND per person per day, it shall be paid at 50,000 VND per person per day.- Support for organizing vaccination activities: Funding for the organization, implementation, communication; training expenses for those assigned to the vaccination task, expenses for inspecting vaccination; expenses for vaccination materials (equipment for vaccine preservation, syringes, various types of needles, tools for vaccinators, disinfectant alcohol, cotton, soap, transportation and preservation costs from the province to vaccination sites) and other related expenses.

- For livestock and poultry of domestic enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, military units, and farms (according to the current classification criteria of the relevant authorities), they are responsible for vaccinating all livestock and poultry of their units and must cover all vaccination costs.

More details can be found in Circular 80/2008/TT-BTC, effective from October 23, 2008.

Ngoc Tai

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