'BANTAY ASF'. Personnel from different local government units in Negros Oriental province are currently attending an orientation and training on surveillance and response processes in the wake of the African swine fever occurrence in the country. Actual field demonstrations are done in at least two towns by resource persons from the Bureau of Animal Industry. (Photo courtesy of Capitol PIO) DUMAGUETE CITY - A team of specialists from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) is in Negros Oriental province to conduct training on surveillance and blood sample collection of pigs amid the ongoing African swine fever (ASF) scare in some parts of the country. Marlon Mapula, Assistant Focal Person of the Provincial Animal Disease and Diagnostic Laboratory of the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO), told the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday that the ongoing training will equip personnel from the different agriculture and veterinary offices in the towns and cities to undertake blood sample co
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SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office-1 has distributed farm machines and equipment totaling P14.174 million to various farmers in Pangasinan.
Doris Joy Garcia, Regional Technical Director for Operations, said the program is in line with its vision of im
ANTI-RABIES INITIATIVE. Dr. Marco Rafael Ardamil, chief of the public health division of the Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) Office, checks on a pet dog in this undated photo. Starting Sept. 1, 2022, the ProVet is conducting dog castration as part of its campaign against rabies. (PNA photo courtesy of Antique ProVet) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Antique's Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) Office will conduct mass dog castration this whole month of September to limit the dog population and deter possible cases of rabies in the province. "The ProVet staff will be going to the different municipalities of the province for the activity, depending on the schedule given by the municipal agriculture officers," Dr. Marco Rafael Ardamil, chief of ProVet's public health division, said in an interview on Thursday. Ardamil said three veterinarians of the office would conduct the castration but dog owners would be the ones to provide the anesthetic, antibiotic, and other n