Iloilo City recorded its first case of African swine fever, becoming the latest local government unit in Iloilo province to have such animal infection. No less than Mayor Jerry Treñas made the confirmation in an advisory released on Thursday, Nov. 24. Transported pigs are disinfected by a...
ILOILO CITY – African Swine Fever has spread to a seventh town in Iloilo province. HOGS ready to be transported in Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Provincial Veterinary Office confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 22, that hogs in Barangay Janipaan East, Mina town have been infected with ASF. Dr....
CEBU CITY -- At least 37 pigs that came from Masbate were seized on Sunday, Nov. 13, in what was described by authorities as an attempt to smuggle the hogs into Cebu province which has imposed a strict policy in the face of the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak. The live pigs which were loaded on...
CEBU CITY – The province of Cebu will have enough supply of pork even if the demand increases during the holiday season. The ban on the entry of pork and pork-related products from several areas will also not affect the supply, assured Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Mary Rose Vincoy. An indication...
ILOILO CITY — The red zone classification has extended to a third town in Iloilo province after African Swine Fever (ASF) was detected among hogs in more than one barangay in Leganes town. Dr. Darel Tabuada, chief of the Iloilo Provincial Veterinarian Office (IPVO), said that samples from...
ILOILO CITY -- There are now four towns in Iloilo province that have cases of African Swine Fever (ASF). Hogs ready to be transported in Iloilo province. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) This was after the Iloilo Provincial Veterinary Office confirmed that hogs in the towns of Alimodian and...
ILIGAN CITY – The country now has a mobile laboratory unit which can detect Asian swine flu, Avian and other zoonotic flu viruses. A Pinoy-made Mobile Laboratory Unit (MLU) to detect African Swine Fever (ASF) and Avian Influenza is now in Bukidnon. The BioAssets Corporation launches and turns...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo has placed the town of San Miguel under the red zone (infected) classification after African Swine Fever (ASF) was detected among hogs in the municipality. TRANSPORTED pigs are disinfected by a firefighter at the border of Alimodian town,...
ILOILO CITY – African Swine Fever (ASF) has spread to another town in Iloilo province. HOGS ready to be transported in Iloilo. (Tara Yap) Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. confirmed on Monday, Oct. 24, that ASF cases have been logged in San Miguel, the neighboring town of Oton that recorded the first...
President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. has directed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA’s) Western Visayas office to test every pig breeding facility in the region to stop the spread of the African Swine Fever (ASF). The order was issued during a situation...
BACOLOD CITY – The African Swine Fever (ASF) Task Force in Negros Occidental has intercepted P165,025 worth of pork and pork products from Oct. 15 to 19. AMID an existing ban, pork and pork products weighing a total of 666.5 kilos and valued at P165,025 were intercepted by the provincial African...
ILOILO CITY – The town of Oton in Iloilo province declared a state of calamity on Thursday, Oct. 20, due to the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). In a radio interview with RMN Iloilo, Vice Mayor Jose Neil Olivares said that the Oton Municipal Council convened a special session on Thursday...
