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)...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization called Wednesday for vigilance after the recent detection of bird flu in mammals, but tried to calm fears that large-scale human outbreaks could be looming. "The recent spillover to mammals needs to be monitored closely," the UN health agency's...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The provincial government has imposed a temporary total ban on the entry of poultry to this province from Feb. 2 to March 2 to prevent bird flu. The Provincial Veterinary Office released Executive Order No. 0005-2023 signed by Gov. Ramon Guico III on Thursday, Feb. 2,...
The Las Piñas City Health Office (CHO) held a flu vaccination drive for senior citizens at Bernabe Compound, Barangay Pulanglupa Uno on Thursday, Jan. 11. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said around 300 senior citizens received flu vaccine shots. The flu vaccination being supervised by Vice Mayor April...
Aside from onions, the Department of Agriculture (DA) should also shape up to effectively address the egg shortage and stop its surging prices in the market “before it takes a turn for the worse.” “DA needs to step up and swiftly address the escalating egg prices on the market before it takes...
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...
BACOLOD CITY - The local government here and Negros Occidental jointly imposed a total ban on all live domestic and wild birds, and their products, including eggs and manure from areas with reported cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or bird flu. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’...
DA-Western Visayas FB ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported Monday, Dec. 5, the first case of bird flu in Western Visayas after chicken in a poultry farm in Barangay Cagay, Roxas City, the capital of Capiz, have been infected. “The region now is on high alert for the first...
A coalition group that seeks to promote the welfare of senior citizens and push for the universal access of the elderly to flu vaccines was launched on Friday, Nov.11. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the “Raising Awareness in Influenza to Support Elderlies (RAISE) was launched by...
The number of regions in the country with active cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) and Avian Influenza (AI) or bird flu went down, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) disclosed on Tuesday, Aug. 16. (Photos courtesy of Pixabay) “We have reduction in the number of ASF cases.efore we have 14...
Pasay City health authorities culled two parakeets on Friday, July 22, after one of them tested positive for H5N1 virus or avian flu. The Indian ring-necked parakeets were confiscated by members of the City Veterinary Office, Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), Pasay City Health Office, City Health...
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan – Gov. Ramon Guico III has temporarily banned the entry of all ducks and spent hens (culls) in the province to shield the poultry industry from bird flu. Guico has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 0103-2022 to ensure that the bird flu disease will not harm poultry...
