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关键词:Davao Occidental African swine fever
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DAVAO OCCIDENTAL UNDER STATE OF CALAMITY, BANS HOGS AFTER 10,000 PIGS WERE AFFECTED BY AFRICAN SWINE FEVER
THE GOVERNMENT HAS STEPPED UP QUARANTINE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING AN OUTBREAK IN DAVAO OCCIDENTAL.
SWINE TASK FORCE. NORTH COTABATO GOVERNOR NANCY CATAMCO (CENTER IN BLACK) PRESIDES OVER THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AND ORDERS THE CREATION OF TASK FORCE ON ASF TO PREVENT ITS SPREAD IN THE PROVINCE ON MONDAY (FEB. 3, 2020). HOGS IN DON MARCELINO TOWN IN DAVAO OCCIDENTAL HAVE BEEN HIT BY THE VIRUS AND A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAD BEEN DECLARED IN THE AFFECTED DAVAO OCCIDENTAL TOWN. (PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTH COTABATO PIO)
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) ON TUESDAY SAID IT WILL INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS THAT SOME UNSCRUPULOUS TRADERS ARE SUPPOSEDLY MISLABELING IMPORTED FEED MEAL TO CIRCUMVENT THE IMPORT BAN ON COUNTRIES STRUCK BY AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF).
EVEN AS WE FACE THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, WE ALSO GRAPPLE WITH THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER WHICH WILL HAVE TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. NEIGHBORING PROVINCES HAVE ALREADY ISSUED A LOCKDOWN ON THE HOGS COMING FROM DAVAO OCCIDENTAL AND DAVAO DEL SUR. PREVENTION ON THE SPREAD OF THE SWINE FLU TO NEARBY PROVINCES IS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE.
ON SEPTEMBER 2019, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REPORTED THAT THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER HAS REACHED THE COUNTRY, SWEEPING RIZAL AND BULACAN PROVINCES THAT RESULTED TO THE CULLING OF ABOUT 7,000 PIGS. THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, A SEVERE VIRAL DISEASE AFFECTING HOGS, CAN BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH CONTAMINATED FEEDS, AND EVEN THROUGH NON-LIVING OBJECTS SUCH AS SHOES, CLOTHES AND KNIVES DUE TO THE VIRUS’ HIGH RESISTANCE. ALTHOUGH THE VIRUS CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS, IT IS HIGHLY FATAL AND CONTAGIOUS TO PIGS. THERE IS STILL NO KNOWN CURE.
WHILE THE AVAILABILITY OF IMPORTED MEAT PRODUCTS HAS HELPED THE PHILIPPINESMEET THE FOOD REQUIREMENTS OF ITS EXPANDING POPULATION, THE INCREASE IN TRADEACTIVITY HAS ALSO EXPOSED THE COUNTRY TO TRANSBOUNDARY ANIMAL DISEASES, SUCH ASAVIAN INFLUENZA AND AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF). THESE TRANSBOUNDARY ANIMALDISEASES, ACCORDING TO THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION, ARE HIGHLYCONTAGIOUS EPIDEMIC DISEASES THAT CAN RAPIDLY SPREAD. THEY CAUSE HIGH RATES OFDEATH AND DISEASE IN ANIMALS, AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO WIPE OUT A SIGNIFICANTPORTION OF THE COUNTRY’S LIVESTOCK POPULATION.
PORK PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS FROM DAVAO REGION ARE NOW BANNED FROM ENTERING CEBU UNTIL JUNE 30, 2020, AS PART OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT’S INTENSIFIED MEASURES AGAINST THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF).
MANILA . AN OUTBREAK OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) IN DAVAO OCCIDENTAL PROVINCE IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES HAS KILLED MORE THAN 1,000 PIGS, LOCAL OFFICIALS IN THE MINDANAO REGION SAID YESTERDAY.
ASIDE FROM THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS THAT EMANATED FROM WUHAN, CHINA THERE IS NOW A NEW BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN CHINA. WOW WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT THIS VIRUS WAS GOING AWAY BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE CREATED ANOTHER FORM OF VIRUS CALLED THE BIRD FLU HAPPENING IN THE VERY SAME PLACE AS THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS. HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES, WE DID NOT ONLY RECORD THE FIRST CORONAVIRUS DEATH OUTSIDE OF CHINA, WE HAVE ALSO DISCOVERED THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) IN DAVAO OCCIDENTAL IN SOUTHERN MINDANAO. THINK OF IT… THERE ARE MANY MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN MINDANAO WHO DO NOT EAT PORK SO WHY IS THIS HAPPENING THERE?
BOTH THE THREATS POSED BY NCOV AND TAAL COULD PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE COUNTRY HAS YET TO SEE THE WORST. PEOPLE CAN ONLY PRAY THAT THE 2019-NCOV DOES NOT BECOME AS UNMANAGEABLE AS AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, WHICH HAS NOW JUMPED FROM LUZON TO MINDANAO, WITH 1,000 PIGS IN DAVAO OCCIDENTAL INFECTED.
BLOOD SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM PIGS IN A SOUTHERN PROVINCE IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE WORLD"S 10TH-LARGEST PORK CONSUMER TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAID ON SUNDAY. IT WAS THE FIRST REPORTED CASE OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER INFECTIONS IN DAVAO OCCIDENTAL PROVINCE AND ELSEWHERE IN MINDANAO, THE SOUTHERN ISLAND OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATION.
ISINISISI NG DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) SA MGA PASAWAY NA TRADERS AT SMUGGLING ANG PAGKALAT NG AFRICAN SWINE FEVER O ASF SA BANSA.

 

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