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ASF ALERT. Workers from the General Santos City Veterinary Office load swine into trucks in Barangay Apopong and areas within the 500-meter radius for culling at the sanitary landfill of the city on Jan. 25, 2022. Between January 25 and 27, a total of 508 hogs have been culled from the ASF-affected area. (Photo by Richelyn Gubalani.) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The City Veterinary Office (CVO) confirmed on Thursday one positive case of African swine fever (ASF) in a village here. Dr. Antonio Ephraim Marin, the CVO chief, said the case came from Purok San Lorenzo, Barangay Apopong after several years of zero ASF cases in the city. On January 24, Marin said the Department of Agriculture (DA) satellite laboratory in Barangay Lagao called him up to confirm the case. "The finding was based on the laboratory test result in a blood sample taken from a backyard swine raiser in the village," he said. Veterinary authorities here are in a frantic move to prevent the spread of the ASF that cou ....

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