DAVAO CITY – Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza has urged the Department of Agriculture to establish a satellite animal disease diagnostic laboratory in Cotabato province as part of measures to contain the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). PASSENGERS step on footbaths in a quarantine checkpoint in...
BATANGAS CITY – The province of Batangas was placed under a state of calamity due to African Swine Fever (ASF). A resolution was approved on Monday, August 12, during the 33rd regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan with Vice Gov. Mark Leviste as presiding officer. The Provincial...
(Unsplash) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has reiterated that it's safe to cook and consume pork from hogs that are infected by African Swine Fever (ASF) . "We have learned from 2019 ito ‘yong masyadong...
DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. downplayed on Monday, Aug. 12 the effects of the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in eight municipalities in...
LOBO, Batangas – This town has been placed under a state of calamity due to the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF). The Sangguniang Bayan or municipal council approved a resolution on Wednesday, August 7, declaring the measure that was revealed in a meeting with over 500 hog raisers here....
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipality of Calbiga in Samar province implemented a pork holiday from Thursday, August 1, to Friday, August 16, to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever and protect the hog industry. Mayor Red Nacario issued an executive order calling for a pork holiday after the...
The vaccine for the African Swine Fever (ASF) will be available by third quarter of this year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said as the national government vowed to initiate measures to prevent the spread of the contagious viral disease affecting the pig farming industry. DA Secretary...
CEBU CITY – Confirmed cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been detected in a mountain barangay here. Dr. Alice Utlang, head of the city’s Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF), reported that seven pigs died in Barangay Bonbon and tested positive for ASF. The confirmation...
(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has reiterated his proposal to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to distribute the vaccines against the African Swine Fever (ASF) to backyard hog raisers for free. This, after DA Secretary...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government has tightened measures on movement of livestock products amid the resurgence of African Swine Fever (ASF) in some towns in Cotabato. MENDOZA (PGO Cotabato) Confirmed ASF cases were recorded in Barangay Poblacion and Magsaysay in Antipas; in Barangay San...
CEBU CITY – A barangay in an African Swine Fever (ASF)-hit town in Bohol is already free from the highly contagious virus. The Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPV) has confirmed that Barangay Dao in Dauis is already ASF-free based on the recent test results from the Regional...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Dozens of hogs have died in Lamitan City, Basilan due to African Swine Fever, prompting the city to be placed under the red zone. A PIGLET infected with African Swine Fever in Lamitan City. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Lamitan Mayor Oric Furigay said during a press...
