Antique province is no longer free from African swine fever as the Department of Agriculture in the Western Visayas region confirmed that at least four hog deaths in Hamtic town were caused by the highly contagious animal disease. | via Joseph Marzan/PDI
Barrogo called on the local government of Hamtic to immediately implement depopulation and culling of hogs within the 500-meter radius of the site where the infections were detected to stop the spread of the viral disease.He said Hamtic officials could declare the town under a state of calamity by using DA’s laboratory results so the local government could extend assistance to hog raisers.
The RADDL diagnoses, however, would need further confirmation from the Bureau of Animal Industry’s central office, said Barrogo. As of Wednesday, at least 1,359 pigs in 22 of Hamtic’s 47 barangays died due to different hog diseases. According to the Hamtic municipal agriculture office, the hog deaths in the town resulted in losses amounting to P13.04 million. The town has a hog population of about 9,000, government records showed.
The provincial government of Antique has released P1 million to reinstate border controls, which were placed in 2022 after the first swine fever cases were detected in Iloilo province.Your subscription has been successful.
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