Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1153805
ASF detected in La Union town's 4 villages
By Hilda Austria September 17, 2021, 11:10 am
BAUANG, La Union – The municipality here has confirmed the presence of African swine fever (ASF) in the villages of Bawanta, Palintucang, Pottot and Cabisilan.
In an advisory issued on Friday, the town said the mandatory culling and depopulation of hogs within the 500-meter radius from the index case have started...
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Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/...-cagayan-towns
African swine fever hits 4 Cagayan towns
ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 2021 12:09 PM
MANILA – Four towns in the province of Cagayan are affected by the African swine fever (ASF), the province’s acting veterinarian said Monday.
Dr. Noli Buen said the spread of ASF in the four municipalities was confirmed on July 29. Before that, the last cases in the province were reported on May 21.
Buen said the disease may have reached the towns because municipal officials failed to conduct checkpoint operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1150997
ASF hits another Ilocos Norte town
By Leilanie Adriano August 19, 2021, 8:10 pm
LAOAG CITY – Another town in Ilocos Norte has been added to the red zone map of African swine fever (ASF) after two barangays in Banna town were found to have been infected with the highly contagious viral disease.
Municipal agriculturist Alan Palaspas confirmed this in a radio interview on Thursday as he reported there are 220 hogs in Barangay Crispina and 424 in Barangay Valdez are needed to be culled to arrest further spread of ASF to nearby villages and towns.
As of this posting, the Municipal Agriculture Office and the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office are preparing for the animal burial site, which should be far from residential areas...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1149430
Swine fever plagues 42 towns, cities in Eastern Visayas
By Sarwell Meniano August 5, 2021, 1:34 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – African swine fever (ASF) has now affected 42 towns and cities in Eastern Visayas this week, raising concern that the animal disease could spread to other areas in the region if farmers and local authorities will be complacent.
DA Eastern Visayas regional technical director Elvira Torres said in a meeting on Thursday that hog industry stakeholders should step up efforts to manage the ASF spread down to the farm level.
As of July 31, ASF-affected areas in Leyte are Abuyog, Javier, La Paz, Dulag, MacArthur, Tanauan, Palo, Burauen, Sta. Fe, San Miguel, Tunga, Barugo, Mahaplag, Leyte, Pastrana, Tacloban City, Mayorga, Jaro, Carigara, Tolosa, Dagami, Tabontabon, Ormoc City, Tabango, Matag-ob, Kananga, and Calubian.
In other provinces, towns plagued by ASF are Dolores, Oras, Jipapad, and Balangiga in Eastern Samar; Silago and Sogod in Southern Leyte; Calbayog City, Catbalogan City, Sta. Rita, Hinabangan, Basey, and Sta. Margarita in Samar; and Lope de Vega, Catarman, and Mondragon in Northern Samar...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1145199
Over 1K pigs culled in 2 Ilocos Norte towns due to ASF
By Leilanie Adriano June 28, 2021, 5:13 pm
LAOAG CITY – More than 1,000 pigs in Solsona and its neighboring Dingras town in Ilocos Norte have been culled to contain the spread of African swine fever (ASF), the Provincial Veterinary Office reported on Monday.
While depopulation is ongoing within the infected zone, Dr. Loida Valenzuela, provincial veterinarian, has urged hog raisers to cooperate with local authorities by reporting an unusual death of pigs in their areas and to refrain from feeding them with swills or getting their water from an irrigation canal.
According to Valenzuela, they are still investigating what triggered the outbreak which started in the remote Manalpac village in Solsona town with a few number of small hog raisers...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1144355
2 new ASF cases confirmed in MisOr town
By Franck Dick Rosete June 21, 2021, 2:51 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The provincial veterinary office (ProVet) in Misamis Oriental on Monday confirmed two new positive cases of the African swine fever (ASF) in two villages in Manticao town.
The new cases found in Purok 10, Tuod village, and Sitio Mariposa, Cabalantian village came after two weeks of zero cases of ASF in those areas, according to ProVet chief Dr. Benjamin Resma.
"They are being affected again. We already detected cases (of ASF) before in the said areas, and now there are new cases," he said...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021...cos-norte-town
ASF hits Ilocos Norte town
Artemio Dumlao
(The Philippine Star) - June 18, 2021 - 12:00am
BAGUIO CITY , Philippines — The Ilocos Norte provincial veterinary office has intensified monitoring and surveillance of pig farms and slaughterhouses after a remote sitio in Solsona town reported its first case of African swine fever (ASF).
“Unfortunately, we have documented our index case in Solsona, which is close to Apayao and Abra, both of which have ASF outbreaks. We are still investigating if wild pigs from the mountains have triggered the entry of ASF in the area,” provincial veterinarian Loida Valenzuela said.
Around 30 hogs within the 500-meter radius of the affected area were culled to prevent the spread of the swine disease...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/0...f-outbreaks-2/
DA reports decline in ASF outbreaks
byJasper Y. Arcalas
June 9, 2021
The number of active African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in the country is continuously declining as it has fallen to just 19 barangays in nine provinces, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.
DA data showed as of June 4, active ASF cases are only observed in 19 barangays nationwide, noting that the government’s efforts against the dreaded hog disease has been effective.
In a virtual news briefing on Tuesday, the DA said the ASF-affected barangays are located in Abra, Apayao, Mountain Province, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Eastern Samar, nine in Leyte, two in Northern Samar, and Davao Occidental.
In terms of ASF positive samples, the DA’s Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) recorded only 176 positive samples in May, the lowest in a year or since the 152 ASF positive samples recorded in May of last year...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.rappler.com/nation/afric...abra-wild-pigs
African swine fever infects Abra’s wild pigs
May 28, 2021 8:45 PM PHT
Frank Cimatu
Baguio City, Philippines
The Department of Agriculture - Cordillera says it is still investigating how these wild pigs were affected by ASF
TINEG in Abra is one of the few towns in the Philippines which remains free from COVID-19. The place is so remote that it often takes more than two days of hiking to reach the place.
And yet, African swine fever has already reached Tineg through the wild boars that roam the forests of the remote town.
The Department of Agriculture - Cordillera (DA-CAR) said that it received reports from hunters that wild pigs in Tineg as well as in other remote towns of Abra like Boliney, Malibcong, and Daguioman already got the deadly disease that affects mostly pigs.
DA Cordillera Regional Director Cameron Odsey said they are still investigating how these wild pigs were affected by ASF...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021...logan-calbayog
Swine fever spreads to Catbalogan, Calbayog
Miriam Desacada (The Philippine Star
) - May 19, 2021 - 12:00am
TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines ? African swine fever (ASF) has spread to the cities of Calbayog and Catbalogan in Samar, the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Eastern Visayas regional office confirmed yesterday.
Ernestine Iba?ez, DA regional coordinator for ASF, said it was the fourth ASF outbreak in Eastern Visayas, which has affected 17 towns and three cities.
The DA regional office deployed teams to investigate how the ASF virus affected backyard hog farms in the two cities...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1139003
Swine fever plagues 19 towns, cities in E. Visayas
By Sarwell Meniano May 4, 2021, 2:50 pm
TACLOBAN CITY ? African swine fever (ASF) still plagues 19 towns and cities in Eastern Visayas as authorities rushed to contain the animal disease in four of the region?s six provinces, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported on Tuesday.
The ASF virus is now present in Abuyog, Javier, La Paz, Dulag, MacArthur, Tanauan, Palo, Pastrana, Burauen, Tacloban City, Jaro, Mayorga, Carigara, Tolosa, Tabontabon, and Dagami in Leyte; Lope de Vega, Northern Samar; Silago, Southern Leyte; and Calbayog City, Samar.
?The ASF infection is now controlled especially in three provinces outside Leyte. Cases have been recorded in just one village in Northern Samar and Southern Leyte and two villages in Samar. There has been a very intensive information drive done by the provincial governments. They have controlled spread through strict border control,? DA Eastern Visayas regional executive director Angel Enriquez said in a press briefing.
The experience in Leyte has taught lessons to local government units in other provinces in Eastern Visayas, Enriquez said...
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Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1135192
DA confirms first ASF outbreak in Samar Island
By Sarwell Meniano March 29, 2021, 1:41 pm
TACLOBAN CITY ? The African swine fever (ASF) has spread to Lope de Vega, Northern Samar, the Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed on Monday.
DA Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) Technical Director Elvira Torres said it was the first confirmed outbreak outside Leyte province, prompting the agency to send teams to investigate how ASF reached one of the town?s backyard farms.
?There are reports that the virus was carried by a person who visited the hog farm. Traveling from a place with ASF could lead to new outbreaks without proper biosecurity practices,? Torres said in a virtual press briefing Monday...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/03/...by-asf/848081/
38 villages in Cagayan affected by ASF
By Leander C. Domingo, TMT
March 7, 2021
TUGUEGARAO CITY: The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) here said the province continues to struggle against the African swine fever (ASF) in 11 towns.
According to Cagayan PVO chief Noli Buen, the severe viral disease is still present in 38 barangay (villages) of 11 municipalities and still affecting 1,019 hog raisers.
The villages affected by ASF from January up to the present include Carallangan in Alcala town; Centro West and Dagupan in Allacapan town; Dodan, Gaddang, Macanaya, Maura, Paddaya, Tallungan, Bukig, Caagaman, Toran and Paruddun Norte in Aparri town; Monte Alegre in Amulung town; San Vicente and Bagunot in Baggao town; and Pattao in Buguey town.
Also affected are Catayauan, Rosario, Sta. Maria, Bagumbayan, Alaguia and San Lorenzo in Lal-lo town; Minanga Sur and Sta. Teresa of Iguig town; Dassun in Solana town; Centro Norte, Dungao, Masical, Namuccayan, Sta. Felicitas, Tamucco, Matalao, San Manuel and Lattac in Sto. Ni?o town; and Casambalangan, Centro and Rapuli in Sta. Ana town.
Buen said up to 3,692 domestic pigs from the villages have been culled to prevent the spread of ASF...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1131900
Tacloban records 1st ASF case
By Sarwell Meniano February 26, 2021, 12:46 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – A team from the city veterinary office will complete the checking of all pigs within the 500-meter radius on Friday after the city logged the first African swine fever (ASF) case.
City veterinarian Eunice Alcantara said in a phone interview the nine hogs in backyard farms in the city were tagged by authorities for disposal during a thorough check on Thursday.
“We hope to complete checking all pigs within the 500-meter radius within today (Feb. 26) to prevent the spread of ASF in the city. Only one pig has been infected and we consider this as an isolated case,” Alcantara told the Philippine News Agency (PNA).
On Wednesday, Department of Agriculture Regional executive director Angel Enriquez, in a meeting with Mayor Alfred Romualdez, handed over a laboratory result confirming the sample collected from Barangay San Jose is positive for ASF.
Alcantara said ASF reached the city’s San Jose district considering its proximity to ASF-infected villages in Palo...Leave a comment:
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