'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