African swine fever reaches Mindanao; 1,000 pigs in Davao Occidental town test positive

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Regional agriculture official claims report still under validation MANILA - Samples drawn from around 1,000 dead pigs in Don Marcelino town, Davao Occidental tested positive for African swine fever ,

the first confirmed cases of the hog disease in Mindanao, a local government official confirmed Saturday.The pigs came from barangays Lindasan, North Lamidan, South Lamidan, Calian, Mabuhay, Lawa, Nueva Villa, and Baluntayan in the town, Don Marcelino Mayor Michael Maruya said.

Transporting hogs in and out of the municipality, as well as selling pig meat will be prohibited, Maruya said as the local government imposed a temporary lockdown in the municipality. "We are still validating and tinaas na po natin ang level ng quarantine measures natin in coordination [with] Armed Forces of the Philippines, local government unit and provincial government ng Davao Occidental," he said.

 

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