The Davao City Veterinarian’s Office says the animal was initially cleared, but later turned out to be infected with African swine fever.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines – Authorities stepped up biosecurity measures in Davao City following confirmation that a hog that found its way from South Cotabato to the stockyard of the city’s major public market and butchered in an abattoir was infected with the African swine fever .
The discovery of the ASF-infected animal prompted authorities to launch city-wide antemortem and postmortem inspections of hogs and hog carcasses. Border inspections were tightened. The local government has required hog traders from ASF-hit areas to present documents from the Department of Agriculture as proof that the animals have been given clearance.
But officials assured that “there is no ASF outbreak” in Davao City and deemed the ASF infection at the Maa slaughterhouse “an isolated case.”
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