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,...
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...
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...
BEIJING, China -- China has confirmed the first known human case of the H3N8 strain of avian flu, but health authorities say there is a low risk of widespread transmission among people. H3N8 is known to have been circulating since 2002 after first emerging in North American waterfowl. It is known...
CEBU CITY -- Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has widened the coverage of her order banning the entry of live poultry and poultry products into the province. Last March 8, the governor issued an Executive Order (EO) banning the entry into the province of poultry products and by-products from Luzon....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The provincial government of Misamis Oriental has allowed the entry of cooked poultry products in the province from the areas that have been affected by the Avian Influenza virus (Bird flu), the Provincial Veterinary Office (ProVet) announced on Monday, April 11. A file photo...
