Another loan from the World Bank is forthcoming for the Philippines, this time to finance the country’s fight against epidemics by strengthening both human and animal health systems to improve pandemic preparedness. According to a Aug. 12 concept environmental and social review summary...
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) assured the public that poultry products, such as chicken meat and eggs, are safe for human consumption following the recent detection of a new bird flu subtype in Camarines Sur. BAI earlier reported that the country’s first case of highly pathogenic avian...
The Philippines increased its meat imports by 33 percent as of the end of February, as traders ramped up purchases amid the continued spread of animal diseases affecting domestic production. Based on the latest data from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), meat purchases abroad from January...
Two years after its first case of avian influenza, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced that the Benguet province is now free from bird flu. The DA confirmed on Tuesday, Feb. 20, that laboratory tests found that there have been no reported cases of the H5N1 strain infection since the...
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has confirmed that pigs from three towns in Occidental Mindoro have tested negative for African Swine Fever (ASF). In a statement on Friday, Feb. 2, BAI said that recent blood tests from the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed that pigs in...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Agriculture (DA) ought to establish stronger mechanisms to detect and contain new and more dangerous strains of African Swine Fever (ASF) and Avian Influenza from coming into the country by setting up stronger first border...
CEBU CITY – An eye-opener. This was how the regional director of the Department of Agriculture-Central Visayas (DA-7) described the policies that Gov. Gwen Garcia is implementing to stem the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) disease in Cebu. Angel Enriquez expressed support to Garcia's...
The government has set aside P177.78 million to fund its attempt to stop the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in the country as what President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ordered. (Photo courtesy of DA) The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI)...
Bird flu or avian influenza—a respiratory disease of birds caused by influenza A viruses—has caused the rise in the price of eggs in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said, Thursday, Jan. 12. Eggs (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) “Tinamaan po tayo ng avian influenza (bird flu) so...
Tiendesitas has partnered with Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI), and the Veterinary Services and City Health Departments of the local government of Pasig to celebrate Rabies Awareness Month this March. The Rabies Awareness Month annual celebration is an activity of the...
The Philippines is now under a state of calamity for a period of one year due to African Swine Fever (ASF), but the government's Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) said recovery of the local hog sector is expected to happen in 2023 yet. During the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP)...
The construction of the first first-border inspection facility in the Philippines, which should prevent the entry of animal diseases in the country, is yet to start more than a year since the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced such a plan. Outgoing Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) Director...
