FREE PIGLETS. The Legazpi City Veterinary Office (CVO) distributes on Tuesday (Nov. 30, 2021) free imported piglets to pre-identified raisers. CVO chief, Dr. Emmanuel Estipona, said the move aims to help the swine industry recover from the slump caused by the African swine fever outbreak. (Photo from Law Beltran's Facebook page) LEGAZPI CITY - The City Veterinary Office (CVO) here has distributed free imported piglets to pre-identified raisers to rapidly propagate hogs and help the industry recover from the slump brought by the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak. Each recipient was handed at least two imported female piglets that could propagate 10 or more piglets per breeding season. CVO chief Dr. Emmanuel Estipona and Aldine Mina, president of the Legazpi Livestock and Poultry Raisers Agri Cooperative (LLPRAC), led the initial piglet distribution in Barangay Pawa on Tuesday. Estipona, in an interview on Wednesday, said once fully grown, the pigs would be subjected to artificial i