DA pilots rapid test kits for ASF in Batangas
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 11) The Department of Agriculture has rolled out locally-developed rapid test kits that would detect the African Swine Fever.
Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Thursday visited Batangas City to turn over 100 rapid test kits to local piggery owners to check if their hogs are infected.
Scientists from the Central Luzon State University led by Dr. Clarissa Domingo developed the ASFV Nanogold Biosensor kits. If efficacy is high, then this will be given to all local government units all over the country, Dar said.
Around 500 African Swine Fever (ASF) test kits called "ASFV Nanogold Biosensor” are expected to be delivered to the province of Batangas “for wider testing and initial distribution,” the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has bared.
The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) and the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) continue to gather more samples from swine producing regions to collect data on the possible variants of