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147 pigs with African swine fever seized at Quezon City checkpoint
147 pigs with African swine fever seized at Quezon City checkpoint
Published Aug 16, 2024 01:46 PM PHT
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Updated Aug 16, 2024 04:25 PM PHT
Pigs are hosed down inside a backyard hog raiser's pen. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File
Pigs are hosed down inside a backyard hog raiser's pen. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/FileMANILA -- A total of 147 hogs intercepted at a checkpoint in Quezon City tested positive for African Swine Fever or ASF, an official said on Friday.
MANILA -- A total of 147 hogs intercepted at a checkpoint in Quezon City tested positive for African Swine Fever or ASF, an official said on Friday.
Two delivery trucks carrying the hogs were intercepted for falsified documents at the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Animal Industry’s checkpoint in Mindanao Avenue, said DA Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa.
Two delivery trucks carrying the hogs were intercepted for falsified documents at the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Animal Industry’s checkpoint in Mindanao Avenue, said DA Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa.
The hogs were also showing signs of ASF, he added.
The hogs were also showing signs of ASF, he added.
“Yung dalawang trucks na nahuli na walang kaukulang papel, parehas galing sa Sariaya papuntang Pangasinan destination eventually. [The pigs] turned out to be positive sa ASF upon conduct ng laboratory tests," De Mesa said in a press briefing.
“Yung dalawang trucks na nahuli na walang kaukulang papel, parehas galing sa Sariaya papuntang Pangasinan destination eventually. [The pigs] turned out to be positive sa ASF upon conduct ng laboratory tests," De Mesa said in a press briefing.
He said authorities were still waiting for the ASF test results on 14 hogs loaded in a third truck.
He said authorities were still waiting for the ASF test results on 14 hogs loaded in a third truck.
Infected hogs will be culled and buried at a DA-BAI site, he said.
Infected hogs will be culled and buried at a DA-BAI site, he said.
The DA said border controls were set up in several areas to stop the spread of ASF from an outbreak, particularly in Batangas.
The DA said border controls were set up in several areas to stop the spread of ASF from an outbreak, particularly in Batangas.
“Ito'y patunay lang na mabisang paraang ang border control, kung hindi ito napigilan pupunta sa destination nila that might cause yung pagkalat pa Lalo ng ASF,” De Mesa said.
“Ito'y patunay lang na mabisang paraang ang border control, kung hindi ito napigilan pupunta sa destination nila that might cause yung pagkalat pa Lalo ng ASF,” De Mesa said.
The agency recently said it could begin rolling out vaccines against ASF as early as next week. It added that there was no need yet to declare a state of calamity due to the Luzon outbreak.
The agency recently said it could begin rolling out vaccines against ASF as early as next week. It added that there was no need yet to declare a state of calamity due to the Luzon outbreak.
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ASF is not harmful to humans but causes hemorrhagic fever in pigs that almost always ends in death.
ASF is not harmful to humans but causes hemorrhagic fever in pigs that almost always ends in death.
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