The country continues to grapple with the spread of bird flu but government authorities gave assurances that the impact of recent cases of the disease on overall poultry product supply is insignificant. Know more:
THE country continues to grapple with the spread of bird flu but government authorities gave assurances that the impact of recent cases of the disease on overall poultry product supply is insignificant.
Vytiaco disclosed that the other confirmed outbreaks of bird flu were in Candaba and Masantol in Pampanga, Cagayan Valley and in Sampaloc, Manila. Vytiaco disclosed that authorities culled 17,425 layers in the Sta. Maria, Bulacan farm, but assured the public that its impact on the overall table egg supply of the country is “insignificant.”
Authorities are now tracing the possible cause of the incursion of bird flu in the Sta. Maria, Bulacan farm, but they are not ruling out yet the possibility of migratory birds as a possible vector.
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