DAVAO CITY – Depopulation of pigs infected by the African swine fever (ASF) has continued in the neighboring provinces of Davao Oriental and Davao de Oro, the Department of Agriculture in Region 11 (DA-11) said in a statement Wednesday.
DA-11 said it will continue to monitor other ASF cases in the region after the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Region 12 (RADDL-12) confirmed last week that the submitted samples from Mati City in Davao Oriental were ASF-positive.
The Mati City government said it immediately implemented preventive measures such as the establishment of quarantine checkpoints in three affected villages. It has also allotted PHP2,000 for each culled animal to compensate the affected hog raisers.
DA-11 said local authorities have so far culled 126 pigs in three affected barangays.
In Banay-Banay town, also in Davao Oriental, the agency said 68 pigs were depopulated after RADDL-12 confirmed that a hog raiser had ASF-positive pigs.
In Tarragona town, 52 pigs were also depopulated based on the RADDL-12’s confirmatory results.
DA-11 said depopulation was also launched in Boston town after disease and sample collection conducted by the Provincial Veterinary Office discovered several ASF cases.
Meanwhile, in neighboring Davao de Oro, authorities also conducted depopulation in Barangay Kingking, Pantukan town, involving 31 pigs from hog raisers.
In Montevista town, DA-11 said disease investigation and sample collection in a commercial hog farm in Barangay New Visayas also turned out positive cases.
“DA-11 personnel went to the area to monitor the depopulation of the 1,989 hogs, which were conducted by farm personnel. After depopulation in the affected areas, cleaning and disinfection activities were conducted, and quarantine checkpoint and disease monitoring activities in other barangays and key areas such as wet markets, slaughterhouse, and livestock markets were also continued,” the agency said. (PNA)
