The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday reported that the province of Antique is no longer free from African swine fever (ASF) following the death of hogs in the municipality of Hamtic caused by the dreaded animal disease. Four of the five serum samples submitted by the Provincial Veterinary (ProVet)…
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
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
FLU CHECK. Personnel of the Department of Agriculture-Region 6 lists down the blood samples taken from ducks and chicken in Sibalom, Antique on April 20, 2022. Antique Provincial Veterinary Office chief Dr. Marco Rafael Ardamil said in an interview Monday (May 30) that the 72 blood samples turned out negative for bird flu. (PNA photo courtesy of Antique ProVet) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The province of Antique is still negative for the bird flu virus as of Monday, based on the result of blood samples that were subjected to a laboratory examination by the Department of Agriculture (DA) central office. Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) Office head Dr. Marco Rafael Ardamil said that the result of 72 blood samples from ducks and chicken were released by the DA central office on May 27. "Based on the laboratory results, the ducks and chicken in the province, particularly in the municipality of Sibalom, are still free of bird flu," he said in an interview. The samples
CHECKPOINT. Dr. Marco Rafael Ardamil of the Antique Provincial Veterinary Office (right) leads the inspection of a delivery truck with the help of policemen at the African swine fever (ASF) border checkpoint in the town of Pandan on February 21, 2022. Ardamil said on Wednesday (March 30, 2022) border checkpoints will already include inspection of deliveries of poultry products and their by-products due to the threat of avian flu.(Photo courtesy of Antique ProVet) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) Office has banned the entry of poultry products and by-products from other regions until April 29 due to the threat of avian flu. Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao released Executive Order (EO) 23 on March 29 to the ProVet Office for the immediate implementation of the "temporary total ban on the entry of all live domestic and wild birds and poultry products and by-products including its meat, day-old chicks, eggs, semen, and manure from other regions t