Bacolod City and La Libertad town in Negros Oriental province have confirmed cases of African Swine Fever (ASF), prompting intensified biosecurity and border control measures to prevent its further spread, officials said on Wednesday. INQUIRER FILES
BACOLOD CITY—Bacolod City and La Libertad town in Negros Oriental province have confirmed cases of African Swine Fever (ASF), prompting intensified biosecurity and border control measures to prevent its further spread, officials said on Wednesday.
Hogs in Barangay Alijis and Barangay Taculing in Bacolod City have tested positive for the virus, city veterinarian Maria Agueda de la Torre announced at a press conference at the Mayor’s Office on Wednesday afternoon.
The positive results were based on blood samples from four pigs submitted for testing to the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Western Visayas’ Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Iloilo, she said.
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