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DavNor town village depopulates ASF-infected hogs

By Che Palicte

November 5, 2020, 9:02 pm

<p><strong>DEPOPULATION.</strong> Personnel from Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte Municipal Agriculturist Office, prepare the gravesite of the depopulated hogs affected by African swine fever on Wednesday evening (Nov. 4, 2020). The local government of Dujali is targeting some 180 pigs to be depopulated inside the 500-meter radius of the ASF-affected area. <em>(Photo from B.E. Dujali Facebook Page)</em></p>

DEPOPULATION. Personnel from Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte Municipal Agriculturist Office, prepare the gravesite of the depopulated hogs affected by African swine fever on Wednesday evening (Nov. 4, 2020). The local government of Dujali is targeting some 180 pigs to be depopulated inside the 500-meter radius of the ASF-affected area. (Photo from B.E. Dujali Facebook Page)

DAVAO CITY – The Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte Municipal Agriculturist Office (MAGRO) started Wednesday night the depopulation of African swine fever-infected (ASF) hogs.

In an interview Thursday, Mayor Leah Marie Moral-Romano told the Philippine News Agency that some 180 pigs are set to be culled inside the 500-meter radius of the ASF-affected area in Barangay Cabayangan.

Last week, Romano said MAGRO personnel directed hog raisers to quarantine, disinfect, and put footbaths in their areas following the ASF-cases in neighboring towns.

MAGRO also told the hog raisers to avoid swill feeding to further prevent the infection from coming in, she said.

Earlier, the Department of Agriculture in Region 11 (DA-11) confirmed several ASF cases in Tagum City, Sto. Tomas and Carmen towns in Davao del Norte last month.

“Unfortunately, despite our perseverance to contain the infection, the result we submitted for testing turned out to be positive of ASF,” Romano said, adding that more than 30 hog raisers were directly affected by the depopulation.

“DA-11 provided an indemnification fund of PHP5,000, and the provincial and our local government added PHP1,000 respectively. So they will get a total of PHP7,000 financial assistance,” Romano added.

Romano said the local government has intensified checkpoints in strategic areas with the assistance of the police.

“I urged everyone to clean your respective area for us to stop the spread of the virus,” she said. (PNA)

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