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Bacolod intensifies measures to curb spread of ASF

By Nanette Guadalquiver

June 1, 2023, 6:32 pm

<p><strong>CULLING.</strong> Dead pigs being buried on Wednesday (May 31, 2023) in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City. On Thursday, acting Mayor El Cid Familiaran said four cases of the highly contagious viral disease, of which two are in Barangay Tangub, have already been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry. <em>(Photo courtesy of Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City)</em></p>

CULLING. Dead pigs being buried on Wednesday (May 31, 2023) in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City. On Thursday, acting Mayor El Cid Familiaran said four cases of the highly contagious viral disease, of which two are in Barangay Tangub, have already been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry. (Photo courtesy of Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City)

BACOLOD CITY – The city government here is strengthening measures to curb the spread of African swine fever (ASF), which has been detected in hogs from at least two villages here.

Acting Mayor El Cid Familiaran said on Thursday that four cases of the highly contagious viral disease -- two each in Barangays Taculing and Tangub -- have been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry.

He said the city government will initiate training for barangay biosecurity officers from all 61 villages as part of the response to the ASF threat.

“Representatives from the barangays will serve as force multipliers. They will be trained as paravets to help the City Veterinary Office (CVO). For campaign and prevention, and to educate our hog raisers on protocols and measures to prevent all illnesses,” he told reporters.

In Barangay Tangub, a number of piglets have been culled after 12 hog deaths have been reported on Wednesday.

As a containment measure, culling of hogs within the 500-meter radius from an infected swine is required to be implemented.

On Wednesday afternoon, the City Council passed a resolution requesting the CVO, through Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, who is still on an official trip to the United States, to conduct intensified testing and monitoring of live hogs in Bacolod.

“(This) will help curtail and prevent the spread of ASF within the city and protect the (local) pork industry,” Councilor Claudio Jesus Puentevella, who authored the resolution, said.

Also, the City Council approved another resolution for intensified border inspection of pork products and live hogs entering Bacolod. (PNA)

 

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