Pagsusuka, pagtaas ng temperatura, panghihina at walang gana sa pagkain — ‘yan ang ilan sa mga sintomas ng African Swine Fever o ASF sa mga alaga nating baboy. Ang iba pang detalye, alamin sa video.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00As ASF or African Swine Fever continues to rise in the country,
00:03various departments of the government continue to restrict access to livestock or meat.
00:10They are also making frequent checkpoints to inspect the meat being transported.
00:14Some of them have a positive knowledge of African Swine Fever,
00:18which is why some of the pigs and even the chickens are affected.
00:22ASF is also causing concern and fear among some voters.
00:28And to help us find out if the meat we buy is affected by ASF,
00:34we are joined by Veterinarian 5 of the Quezon City Veterinary Department, Dr. Henry Barbero.
00:40Good evening to all of you and welcome to Dapat Alam Mo.
00:43First of all, Dr. Henry, before anything else,
00:47what is ASF or African Swine Fever and is it contagious to humans?
00:54African Swine Fever is a specific viral infection that is only contagious to pigs.
01:00It is not contagious to humans.
01:03If it is only contagious to pigs, why are we keeping an eye on the chickens?
01:07Chickens also have what we call avian influenza,
01:11which is contagious to humans.
01:15So we are keeping an eye on different things.
01:17Dr. Henry, how can we know if the meat is contaminated by ASF?
01:22What are the signs that we should look at?
01:24Let's show it to the meat, sir.
01:27This is specific, like this pork belly.
01:30All of these pork bellies, before it is separated from cold storages,
01:34we have to stamp it.
01:36It is inspected and passed.
01:37It goes through NMIS and is inspected by meat inspectors.
01:40And of course, the most important thing is,
01:42before we touch or buy the meat,
01:45we check the meat inspection certificate
01:47that proves that it went through a proper inspection.
01:51If it is frozen, we have what we call a Certificate of Meat Inspection, or COMI.
01:56There is a certificate for that, doc.
01:58How can a small piece of meat like this be inspected?
02:01Yes, and also in the markets.
02:02In the markets.
02:03What are you looking at?
02:04Yes.
02:05For everything that goes out of cold storages and slaughterhouses,
02:08it is all stamped.
02:09And they cannot go out.
02:11Each piece is stamped?
02:14Yes, it is just a number of the stamp that we put.
02:17Yes, the stamp is clear.
02:18Here, how do we know?
02:19The color, for example.
02:20Yes.
02:21What does it look like?
02:22The color, the hardness, or the softness.
02:24Do you know that?
02:25Another process, we cannot know that from the texture.
02:27Aside from the spots that can be seen.
02:30The spots are like the bite marks,
02:32the look that we are talking about,
02:34that we can only see on the skin.
02:36So there is like a bite mark?
02:37Yes.
02:38That is what we call a differential diagnosis.
02:41If it is still suspected, we will cut it right away.
02:44Because some of them we think are like swine pox,
02:48but some of them really manifest that there is a wetness.
02:51What is the color of the meat when it is sick?
02:53If it is sick, it is not pink.
02:56The normal color of our meat is pinkish.
02:59If it is sick, it is pale?
03:01It is pale, or if not, it is black because the blood is accumulated inside the meat.
03:06Black?
03:07Yes.
03:08Does it smell?
03:09Yes.
03:10If it is considered, we will avoid it.
03:12So that we will not buy or acquire any bacterial or viral infection in our meat.
03:19Alright.
03:20Doc, if ever, for example, we buy meat that is infected with ASF,
03:24is there anything we can do to eat it?
03:28Can we cook it thoroughly and the virus will be gone?
03:32Or should we just throw it away?
03:34As much as possible, if we can acquire this and it is suspected,
03:38it is better to report it to the city.
03:41We can give it even if we say that it is not contagious to humans.
03:46But you can't eat it?
03:48As much as possible, no.
03:50Even if you cook it thoroughly?
03:51Yes.
03:52If we eat it, what will happen?
03:53It will not have any effect on us.
03:55But if the ASF pig is dead and it has a bacterial infection,
03:59we might have the disease that it has a tail.
04:03From the time it died, it was killed again.
04:06So it is already dead?
04:07Double dead.
04:08Double dead.
04:09But for us, will we get food poisoning?
04:11Will we get sick?
04:12Yes, that can happen.
04:13If we can see meat that has ASF, where can we report it?
04:17Directly here in Quezon City.
04:19We have a veterinary department in Quezon City.
04:22We can immediately report it to the Bayi Bureau of Animal Industry
04:26and National Meat Inspection Services.
04:28Those are the agencies we can call.
04:30Do you have any additional reminders for our viewers?
04:34For all consumers in the Philippines,
04:37we know that pork-eating is really common.
04:40So let's avoid it.
04:42And let's be careful with what we buy.
04:45Because we don't want to get infected with ASF.
04:50We still have time.
04:51Let's go back to the chicken.
04:54What should we check if it has avian flu?
04:57The avian flu is specific.
05:00We can see it in the belly.
05:02In the belly?
05:03Yes.
05:04And the most specific thing we can see in the chicken is the air sac.
05:10If it's still alive?
05:11Yes.
05:12But what is the manifestation of this in the chicken?
05:14It's the same.
05:15It has pus.
05:16It has pus.
05:17You can also see it in the feet.
05:19You can see it in the farthest extremities or the farthest part of the body.
05:24That's where you can see the pus.
05:25Is it thin?
05:26It's not thin, but it's swollen.
05:28It's black.
05:29It's black.
05:30It's also smelly.
05:31The swine flu has no effect on humans.
05:34This avian flu, is it zoonotic?
05:37Is it contagious?
05:38Yes, it's contagious.
05:39It's contagious.
05:40And it has types.
05:42Highly pathogenic and low pathogenic.
05:45Is it contagious or not?
05:46Yes, it's contagious.
05:47What will happen if we get infected with it?
05:49We can get infected.
05:51We'll get infected.
05:52And of course, if you have pneumonia, if it's highly pathogenic, you can die.
05:56You can die?
05:57Yes.
05:58Avian flu is very scary.
06:00Let's just wait for the vaccines, especially for the ASF.
06:04Thank you very much, Dr. Henry Barbero of the Quezon City Veterinary Department
06:08for giving us information about the African swine flu and avian flu.