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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has extended indefinitely its moratorium on laboratory fees for avian influenza (AI) tests for certain transactions to encourage local poultry producers to secure farm certification amid bird flu threats in the country. Agriculture Undersecretary for Operations and Chief-of-Staff Leocadio S. Sebastian issued DA Administrative Order…
Expands diagnostics biz in East India
The Anambra Government says a laboratory has been established to diagnose cases of monkeypox and other contagious diseases in the state.
(PNA file photo) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office-Central Luzon (RFO3) has ordered stricter control and containment measures against bird flu after a poultry farm in Santo Tomas, this province, showed the presence of the avian influenza virus. In a letter, DA RFO3 Executive Director Crispulo G. Bautista asked Santo Tomas Mayor John Sambo to implement prompt quarantine prevention and control measures after laboratory tests showed the samples to be positive for Influenza Type A subtype H5N1. Bautista likewise asked for the activation of the Mun...