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关键词:African swine fever
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LAB TESTS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT AFRICAN SWINE FEVER CAUSED THE DEATHS OF PIG HERDS IN AT LEAST SEVEN VILLAGES NEAR MANILA. A MULTI-AGENCY BODY WILL BE SET UP TO ENSURE THE HIGHLY-CONTAGIOUS DISEASE DOES NOT SPREAD FURTHER, PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS SAID ON MONDAY.
MANILA: THE PHILIPPINESYESTERDAY REPORTED ITS FIRST CASES OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, BECOMING THE LATEST COUNTRY HIT BY THE DISEASE THAT HAS KILLED PIGS FROM SLOVAKIA TO CHINA, PUSHING UP PORK PRICES WORLDWIDE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) HAS CONFIRMED CASES OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER IN THE PHILIPPINES, BUT MALACANANG AND AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS SAID THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE ALARMED AND THAT PORK IS SAFE TO EAT.
THE NEWS COMES AS INTERNATIONAL OUTLETS HAVE REPORTED THAT SOME AREAS IN LUZON HAVE SUSPECTED CASES OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF), A DEADLY VIRAL DISEASE WHICH AFFECTS ONLY HOGS AND CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS.
WEB TITLE: PHILIPPINES CONFIRMS AFRICAN SWINE FEVER CAUSED PIG DEATHS
-- THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) SITUATION WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON CONSUMER PRICES, WITH INFLATION RATE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BELOW TARGET OF 3.2 PERCENT THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTRY’S CHIEF ECONOMIST.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: THE HEADLINE OF THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY READ "AFRICAN SWINE FLU ALERT: 3 RIZAL BARANGAYS QUARANTINED". "FLU" HAS BEEN CHANGED TO "FEVER".)
BEFORE THE OUTBREAK, CHINA RAISED MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD"S HOGS. SINCE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER WAS FIRST REPORTED IN CHINA IN AUGUST 2018, THAT COUNTRY HAS LOST OR CULLED MILLIONS OF ANIMALS. MANY ANALYSTS PREDICT THE NATION WILL LOSE BETWEEN BETWEEN 30 AND 50 PERCENT OF ITS PIGS BEFORE THE DISEASE IS CONTAINED.
BACOLOD CITY -- NEGROS OCCIDENTAL GOVERNOR EUGENIO JOSE LACSON ON TUESDAY CONVENED THE PROVINCE’S TASK FORCE ON AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) AMID THE CONTINUING THREAT OF THE DISEASE TO THE PHILIPPINES’ SWINE INDUSTRY.
IN OCTOBER 2018, RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY CLAIMED THAT THE SPREAD OF VIRAL DISEASES FROM GEORGIA, INCLUDING AFRICAN SWINE FEVER SINCE 2007, COULD BE CONNECTED TO A US LAB NETWORK. IN THE AREA, MORE THAN 70 GEORGIANS HAD DIED IN MYSTERIOUS CONDITIONS, WHICH MOSCOW ATTRIBUTED TO US TOXINS OR BIOWEAPONS. RUSSIA BELIEVED BIO AGENTS VIOLATED THE PROHIBITION OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
AFTER SEEING SUSPICIOUSLY HIGH MORTALITY IN BACKYARD PIGS RECENTLY, THE PHILIPPINES ORDERED ANIMAL INSPECTION POINTS AND A QUARANTINE SO OFFICIALS CAN CHECK PIGS FOR SIGNS OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER AND PROTECT OTHER ANIMALS. BLOOD SAMPLES FROM SUSPECT DEAD PIGS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED ABROAD FOR TESTING.
NEW ZEALAND PIG FARMERS ARE BEING URGED TO BE VIGILANT WITH BIOSECURITY FOLLOWING CONCERNS THAT AFRICAN SWINE FEVER MAY HAVE HIT THE PHILIPPINES.
TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL –– THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL HAS BANNED THE IMPORTATION OF PIGS AND PIG PRODUCTS DUE TO THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) OUTBREAK.
CEBU CITY -- THE CITY VETERINARY OFFICE ON TUESDAY VISITED PIGGERY FARMS IN THE UPLAND AREA TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THE CITY IS SAFE AMID THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) SCARE.

 

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