Mga baboy na naharang sa Malanday, Valenzuela, nag-positibo sa ASF

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00:00The orientation of the vaccine against African Swine Fever has already started in Lobo, Botangas.

00:06In the middle of a 100 hog racers,

00:08their pigs are being vaccinated.

00:12Claycel Partilia has the details.

00:18These pigs in the truck are weakening and have bruises on their skins

00:22when the Department of Agriculture caught them at a checkpoint in Malanday, Valenzuela.

00:28These are some of the symptoms of African Swine Fever or ASF.

00:3211 pigs were quickly diagnosed.

00:35The result is positive for ASF.

00:39167 pigs were tried to be vaccinated in Metro Manila

00:45from the nearby checkpoints of the DA.

00:48This is part of the border control

00:52to avoid the spread of ASF.

00:56The National Meat Inspection Service is also conducting a surveillance audit

01:01on the meat establishments in Metro Manila.

01:04The condition and quality of the pigs and meat products

01:09that enter and exit the slaughterhouses,

01:12food storage facilities, meat cutting plants, and distribution centers

01:16is to ensure that no pigs are sickly slaughtered

01:20and sold to the market.

01:23The orientation of the vaccine against African Swine Fever has already started in Lobobatangas.

01:29160 small hog raisers and owners of commercial farms have been infected

01:35and have announced that they want to be vaccinated.

01:37This is part of the controlled vaccination program of the DA

01:41that can prevent the spread of ASF.

01:44But the agency cannot say when the vaccination will start.

01:48Laboratories are being prepared to receive blood samples from the pigs that will be vaccinated.

01:54The animals need to be free of disease before being vaccinated with the ASF vaccine.

02:00Suddenly, the number of samples will increase.

02:03Our laboratories, like the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostics Laboratory in Lipa,

02:10should be ready to accept and evaluate this.

02:14One vial contains 50 doses.

02:19So the backyards need to be clustered.

02:25The vaccine cannot be wasted.

02:28Of course, if it is opened, it needs to be injected immediately.

02:32The local authorities will do the fastest way.

02:37Three barangays in Lobo will be the target of vaccination.

02:40The pigs in Lipa and Taysan will be followed.

02:44Kalaysal Pardiliya for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.