(Google map) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The Provincial Veterinary Office (ProVet) confirmed a positive case of African swine fever (ASF) in a village backyard hog farm in Malapatan, Sarangani on Thursday. Dr. Bernard Cababat, acting ProVet chief, said the case came from Barangay Lun Padidu after years of zero cases in the town. He said the outcome was based on the results from the Department of Agriculture's (DA) Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory where hog blood samples were earlier taken from the infected backyard swine farm in the village. "According to the report from the municipal agriculture office, several hogs have died in the backyard hog farm in the village. We immediately conducted a swine blood sample collection, submitted it to the DA laboratory and the result came out that there is an ASF positive case in the area," he said. Cababat said they immediately culled hogs in the hog farm village and implemented containment measures to protect other backyard r
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The Department of Agriculture's (DA) Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) is set to establish six mobile laboratory units in a bid to bolster the government's efforts to control and contain the African Swine Fever (ASF) in the country.
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The Bureau of Animal Industry is set to build six mobile laboratory units to be deployed in regions affected by African swine fever as part of the country’s efforts to manage and contain the disease.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will establish 6 mobile laboratory units (MLU) to boost the government’s fight against the dreaded African swine fever (ASF) by improving its capacity to detect outbreaks. Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar has approved the implementation of the P100-million program that seeks to establish…