Quezon City intensifies monitoring against African Swine Fever

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 06:02:29 +0000

THE Quezon City government has intensified its monitoring of slaughterhouses and markets amid reports that the African Swine Fever (ASF), a disease afflicting hogs, has reached the country.

In a Facebook post On Wednesday, the city’s Public Affairs and Information Services Department, said the local Veterinary Department inspected the Commonwealth market, Farmers market, Novaliches market, Mega Q Mart, Novaliches slaughterhouse, and Labudahon slaughterhouse.

Reports said that some areas in Luzon have hog deaths attributed to ASF prompting the Department of Agriculture (DA) to send blood samples of the hogs to laboratories abroad for ASF testing.

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