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Native pigs unaffected by the African Swine Fever (ASF) are kept inside a backyard hog raiser’s pen in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan on May 11, 2021. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Jervis Manahan

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172888648847120210511-pigs-backyard-hog-raiser-MD-23.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Native pigs unaffected by the African Swine Fever (ASF) are kept inside a backyard hog raiser’s pen in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan on May 11, 2021. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA — Vaccination against African swine fever is expected to be rolled out in areas outside Batangas, an official said on Monday.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On the sidelines of the National Meat Safety Consciousness Week, Agriculture Undersecretary for Livestock Deogracias Victor Savellano said they would try new strategies in expediting vaccine rollout.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Nag-usap kami ni Secretary [Francisco Tiu Laurel] the other day, na kailangan talaga bilisan ang rollout, as we have a commitment na by November, yung 10,000 doses, ma-rollout na natin,&quot; Savellano said.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Secretary Tiu Laurel and I talked the other day, and we really have to expedite rollout as we have a commitment to use up 10,000 doses of the vaccine by November.)</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Since the rollout of the ASF vaccine, less than a thousand swine in Lobo and Lipa have been inoculated.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;May mga new strategies na gagawin, yung mga regional directors will look for yung mga gusto na magpa-vaccine,&quot; he said.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(We will implement new strategies, where regional directors will proactively look for farms interested in having the vaccine.)</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i7JNJgqhY64?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Savellano said the rollout was slow because the process required blood testing of swine to confirm they are ASF-free.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">He said small backyard owners were hesitant with this because pigs infected have to be culled.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">However, Savellano said that while they could not entirely remove testing as part of the vaccination process, they were studying other possibilities.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">He said biosecurity should be tight not just for hogs, but also for other animals.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Minsan nako-control natin, minsan hindi. Kailangan talaga natin palakasin ang biosecurity. Yun ang nakikita natin na kailangan natin pagtuunan ng pansin,&quot; he said.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Sometimes we control it, sometimes we can&#x27;t. We need to strengthen biosecurity measures. We need to focus on that.)</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Over the recent years, the agriculture department has battled African swine fever, avian influenza, and cases of Q fever.</span></div>

<p>Vaccination against African swine fever is expected to be rolled out in areas outside Batangas, an official said on Monday.</p>

Vaccination against African swine fever is expected to be rolled out in areas outside Batangas, an official said on Monday.

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ASF vaccination to be expanded outside Batangas soon: agri dept

Jervis Manahan,

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Published Oct 14, 2024 02:18 PM PHT

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