{"id":135617,"date":"2017-12-01T21:36:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=135617"},"modified":"2017-12-01T21:36:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:36:05","slug":"da-chief-confirms-bird-flu-in-nueva-ecija-poultry-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/01\/da-chief-confirms-bird-flu-in-nueva-ecija-poultry-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"DA chief confirms bird flu in Nueva Ecija poultry farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_85162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85162\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15123216_1166317760116329_6611377541381558801_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85162\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15123216_1166317760116329_6611377541381558801_o.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: DA Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol (Photo: Department of Agriculture\/ Facebook)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15123216_1166317760116329_6611377541381558801_o.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15123216_1166317760116329_6611377541381558801_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15123216_1166317760116329_6611377541381558801_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15123216_1166317760116329_6611377541381558801_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: DA Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol (Photo: Department of Agriculture\/ Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija \u2014 Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol on Friday confirmed that bird flu struck a poultry farm in Barangay Concepcion, Cabiao town in this province, where some 42,000 chickens were culled last November 21.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before members of Butil Farmers&#8217; Party here, Pi\u00f1ol did not disclose the strain but said it only affects chickens.<\/p>\n<p>He denied allegations of cover-up, explaining that in the past, stories about a similar case in a poultry farm crippled the poultry industry.<\/p>\n<p>Pi\u00f1ol blamed people who sneaked out chickens from affected areas during the first wave of bird flu outbreak into Nueva Ecija for what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the new quarantine protocol, he said, is the removal of the one-kilometer radius zone culling and seven-kilometer radius zone no transport rule. &#8220;It&#8217;s only in the affected farm,&#8221; he said of the quarantine procedures.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent the virus from spreading, Pi\u00f1ol said the DA is working closely with the local government of Cabiao in monitoring poultry products going in and out of the town.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the test is being conducted in nearby farms too,&#8221; he pointed out. 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