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DA: ASF vaccine to help repopulation of swine, but pork imports still needed

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Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A backyard hog raiser prepares to shower his pigs and clean their pen on September 16, 2019 in Malolos, Bulacan. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/03/20/20190916-pigs-hosed-down-bulacan-jc-35.jpg"/><figcaption>A backyard hog raiser prepares to shower his pigs and clean their pen on September 16, 2019 in Malolos, Bulacan. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Approval of the vaccine for African swine fever will help repopulate the number of hogs raised in various parts of the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday.</p><p>The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) had earlier recommended the Vietnamese-manufactured vaccine for the approval of the Food and Drug Administration.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/02/23/african-swine-fever-vaccine-endorsed-by-agri-bureau">African Swine Fever vaccine endorsed by Agri bureau</a></li></ul><p>But DA Assistant Secretary for Operations Arnel de Mesa said the country still needs to import pork.</p><p>&quot;Sa supply natin kailangan pa natin mag import ng ilang karne ng baboy, hanggang matapos ang taon. Pero dahil sa development sa vaccine, ine-expect natin magtutuloy ang programa natin for repopulation,&quot; De Mesa said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/06/22/23/lokal-na-produksiyon-ng-baboy-humina-dahil-sa-banta-ng-asf">Lokal na produksiyon ng baboy humina dahil sa banta ng ASF</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Base sa datos na meron kami, hindi naman kailangan na ganon karami ang i-import kumpara last year,&quot; he added.</p><p>(We still need to import pork until the end of the year. But because of the vaccine development program, we expect the repopulation program to continue. Based on our data, we don&#x27;t need to import as much as we did last year.)</p><p>BAI Assistant Director Arlene Vytiaco said once approved, the vaccine will come in different packaging.</p><p>There will be a pack with 5 and 10 doses for small backyard farmers, and 50 doses for commercial growers.</p><p>&quot;Ang pagkakalalam ko, may 3 packaging. Isang five doses, isang 10 doses, isang 50 doses. That might reach, more or less, 600 pesos per dose,&quot; Vytiaco said.</p><p>Vytiaco also clarified rumors that the country will not be procuring enough vaccines for the country&#x27;s swine population.</p><p>She said not all pigs can be vaccinated.</p><p>&quot;Yung sa vaccine ang pwede lang bakunahan ay yung sa ages 6-10 weeks of age, yung growers lang,&quot; Vytiaco said.</p><p>&quot;Yung 600,000, that&#x27;s for this year. For the next three years, one million doses per year ang binibigay satin,&quot; she added.</p><div><strong>RELATED STORY: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2695519" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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DA: ASF vaccine to help repopulation of swine, but pork imports still needed

Jervis Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 26, 2023 03:47 PM PHT

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