1 ASF case can wipe out 65% of Philippines’ hog trade

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:11:45 +0000

1 ASF case can wipe out 65% of Philippines’ hog trade

Extra vigilance was needed to keep pork contaminated by African swine fever (ASF) from entering the country as only one ASF case could wipe out small backyard raisers, which make up 65 percent of the country’s pork industry, according to an agricultural group. Abono party-list chair Rosendo So, in a statement, said an interagency system […]

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PH bans entry of domestic, wild pigs from swine flu-hit countries

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) banned the importation of domestic and wild pigs from countries hit by African Swine Fever (ASF), following confirmed growing cases in several provinces in China. In a statement over the weekend, the DA’s Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) cited confirmed outbreaks of ASF in four provinces in China, with the first case […]

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