Tweet
Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php...=2391350883791
DA-11 to investigate chicken deaths in island
By Carmencita A. Carillo
Monday 22nd of October 2012
TAGUM CITY, Oct 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture Livestock Division is set to conduct an investigation into the death of at least a thousand chickens dumped along the shores of barangays Camudmud and Balet in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) Sunday.
?Dr. Edunel Sala of the Samal Veterinarian Office has already coordinated with DA's Livestock Division and Dr. Mercado will go to the area today to investigate the incident,? Davao del Norte Provincial Veterinarian Office Head Dr. Renato R. Embate said yesterday.
Residents of said barangays noticed the dead chickens along the shoreline early this morning. However, Embate said the chickens were discovered at around 10:30 a.m. Sunday in advanced state of decomposition.
?Some of the chickens were still inside the sacks but most were already found floating in the waters,? he said. Initial investigation showed that the chickens were carried through a boat and thrown in the areas where they were found.
Embate said they could not yet determine the exact area of origin of the chickens but said it is possible to determine it based on the water current. Most probably, he said, these chickens are not owned by backyard growers but by contract growers, most of which are located either in Davao City or Davao del Sur.
?The cause of death is probably a viral outbreak like avian pest outbreak but definitely not avian flu,? he said. For sure, he added, it is not avian flu. However, investigation is still going on and there is still no conclusive result as to the real cause of the death of the chickens...
DA-11 to investigate chicken deaths in island
By Carmencita A. Carillo
Monday 22nd of October 2012
TAGUM CITY, Oct 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture Livestock Division is set to conduct an investigation into the death of at least a thousand chickens dumped along the shores of barangays Camudmud and Balet in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) Sunday.
?Dr. Edunel Sala of the Samal Veterinarian Office has already coordinated with DA's Livestock Division and Dr. Mercado will go to the area today to investigate the incident,? Davao del Norte Provincial Veterinarian Office Head Dr. Renato R. Embate said yesterday.
Residents of said barangays noticed the dead chickens along the shoreline early this morning. However, Embate said the chickens were discovered at around 10:30 a.m. Sunday in advanced state of decomposition.
?Some of the chickens were still inside the sacks but most were already found floating in the waters,? he said. Initial investigation showed that the chickens were carried through a boat and thrown in the areas where they were found.
Embate said they could not yet determine the exact area of origin of the chickens but said it is possible to determine it based on the water current. Most probably, he said, these chickens are not owned by backyard growers but by contract growers, most of which are located either in Davao City or Davao del Sur.
?The cause of death is probably a viral outbreak like avian pest outbreak but definitely not avian flu,? he said. For sure, he added, it is not avian flu. However, investigation is still going on and there is still no conclusive result as to the real cause of the death of the chickens...