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The shares of Navetco soared after news of its success in creating a vaccine for ASF and plans to begin mass production in the second quarter came to light.

University of Nebraska researchers are leading the way in new technology to quickly identify sick pigs in large production facilities.

SunStar File photo January 25, 2021 CENTRAL Visayas has been on heightened alert since Jan. 15, 2021, after the first case of the African swine fever (ASF) was detected in Eastern Visayas, or Region 8. Despite the Department of Agriculture (DA) 8’s assurance that it has managed to curb the spread of the disease in three barangays in Leyte by culling more than 1,000 hogs, DA 7 Director Salvador Diputado met with Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Friday, Jan. 22, to discuss further mea...

SunStar Photo from the Municipal Government of Boston, Davao Oriental + January 21, 2021 THE Municipal Government of Boston in Davao Oriental confirmed that the African Swine Fever (ASF) has now reached their area. In a Facebook post, the Municipal Government revealed that the deadly hog virus had entered the locality after the confirmatory result coming from the Department of Agriculture-Davao Region (DA-Davao) came out positive. The local government said samples were taken from P...

Despite imports from Thailand, pork prices are still going up before Tet Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công  21/01/2021    14:04 GMT+7 More than 500,000 pigs have been imported from Thailand since June 2020. However, the pork price has been rising to VND78,000-85,000 per kilogram in the lead-up to the Tet holiday. Nguyen Van Trong, deputy direct...

SunStar Negros Occidental intensifies drive against ASF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL. Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena (right) with other members of the Provincial ASF Task Force, which is currently intensifying measures against possible entry of the dreaded disease affecting swine to the province. (Contributed photo) + January 22, 2021 THE Provincial Government of Negros Occidental, through the Provincial African Swine Fever (ASF) Task Force, has further int...

Pork prices up in NCR due to tight supply Published January 20, 2021 3:30pm Prices of pork in Metro Manila markets have gone up due to the African swine fever (ASF). According to Bernadette Reyes’ report on Balitanghali on Wednesday, a kilogram of pork belly in Trabajo Market is being sold for P420, while pigue and kasim are being sold for P400 per kilo. In Mabini Market in Caloocan, a kilogram of pork belly is being sold for P410, while pigue and kasim are being sold for P390 per kilo...

SunStar + January 17, 2021 THE African Swine Fever (ASF) has now reached Mati City in Davao Oriental, killing around 132 hog livestock, the local City Veterinary Services Office (CVSO) confirmed on Saturday, January 16, 2021. CVSO head Marites Linsag-Erispe said in a press release that their office received reports on December 15, 2020, that four hogs died in Barangay Don Salvador. The office immediately took some specimen samples and on December 18, it was confirmed that the hogs ...

Vietnam to become first country to produce vaccine for ASF 22:17 | 15/01/2021 Vietnam to issue vaccine for ASF in second quarter Once the products are officially launched, Vietnam will become the first country in the world manufacturing a vaccine for ASF. Navetco National Veterinary JSC (Navetco) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development finished the pilot programme on 72 pigs in normal condition with a 100 per cent success ratio. The pilot was also...

Poultry companies need to prepare for year of high and volatile feed prices The global poultry sector faces a perfect storm of ongoing COVID-19 related disruption, particularly to the foodservice sector, soft economic conditions, high and volatile feed prices, an exceptionally high-pressure avian influenza winter season, and global oversupply. So says Rabobank in its latest poultry quarterly. Foodservice sales, which the international poultry industry is heavily rel...