{"id":229468,"date":"2019-09-04T21:44:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T01:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=229468"},"modified":"2019-09-04T21:44:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T01:44:51","slug":"da-allays-fears-over-swine-fever-virus-in-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/04\/da-allays-fears-over-swine-fever-virus-in-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"DA allays fears over swine fever virus in PH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Asked if the threat of the animal disease should be a cause for concern, Dar assured that quarantine and safety measures are in place to prevent the spread of the dreaded animal virus. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday allayed fears over the suspected swine fever virus in the country noting that even if tests conducted in hogs show positive results, measures are in place to keep the animal virus controlled.<\/p>\n

Agriculture Secretary William Dar said his agency will release results of confirmatory lab tests on hogs by Friday.<\/p>\n

Asked if the threat of the animal disease should be a cause for concern, Dar assured that quarantine and safety measures are in place to prevent the spread of the dreaded animal virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWala po<\/em>. (No cause for concern) Even positive,\u00a0mas lalo kung<\/em>\u00a0negative\u00a0ay okay. Kung<\/em>\u00a0positive\u00a0naman, meron na tayong<\/em>\u00a0all over the country\u00a0naka<\/em>\u00a0in place\u00a0na yong<\/em>\u00a0quarantine and food safety measures (Even if it\u2019s positive and all the more if it\u2019s negative. If it\u2019s positive, we have quarantine and food safety measures in place all over the country),\u201d Dar said in a media interview.<\/p>\n

He said DA is also working to ensure that the whole hog industry will not be placed at risk.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlam ninyo kung totoo yong suspetsa<\/em>\u00a0(If suspicions are true), this will kill the whole industry. That\u2019s why\u00a0ingat muna tayo<\/em>\u00a0(we have to be careful),\u201d Dar said.<\/p>\n

Dar said the public should not worry because his agency immediately confiscates slaughtered hogs that do not have veterinarian health certificates and National Meat Inspection Services (NMIS) certificates.<\/p>\n

\u201cWag mabahala ang publiko kasi basta yong proseso na bago katayin nandiyan ang<\/em>\u00a0veterinarian health certificate,\u00a0pag kinatay mayroon tatak na<\/em>\u00a0NMIS certificate (The public should not worry because there is a process wherein before a hog is slaughtered, there will be a veterinarian health certificate, after they are slaughtered there will be an NMIS),\u201d Dar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung wala ang mga ito, ikukumpiska namin lahat yan<\/em>\u00a0(Without these, we will confiscate them all),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

At present, some areas in the country remain quarantined because of reports of the rising number of hog deaths in their localities.<\/p>\n

Concerns on suspected swine fever rose after farmers said their livestock showed loss of appetite, recumbency, vomiting, skin hemorrhage, dark discoloration in the extremities, and sudden death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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