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NegOcc swine shipments drop significantly

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN

Hog shipments from Negros Occidental to other areas of the country dropped significantly last month by almost 70 percent, disclosed Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Placeda Lemana yesterday.

Lemana reported that the shipping of healthy pigs reduced from 10,000 in July to only about 3,000 last month.

This is because the Bureau of Animals Industry cancelled the issuance of Certificate Free Status (CFS) to backyard raisers, after seven local government units in Negros Occidental were hit with African Swine Fever.

Only commercial hog raisers issued with CFS have been allowed to ship hogs, Lemana added.

The good news is that Negros Occidental logged zero hog mortalities from August 11 to 22, and from August 24 until September 11, she further said.

Data from the provincial veterinary office showed hog fatalities currently at 17,801, representing 9.96 percent of the 164,334 total hog population in Negros Occidental.

The province’s hog industry incurred losses amounting to P199.5 million as hog cholera and ASF struck 3,536 hog raisers.

Swine diseases affected 153 barangays in 20 towns and cities in the province.

Lemana said they are formulating guidelines and protocols for local government units to adopt for the start of the hog sentineling program, a prelude to the hog repopulation, after its approval by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson.

Before the sentineling program, backyard hog raisers must be ready for the ASF recovery program by cleaning and disinfecting the areas where the sentinel hogs would be placed, she added.

Lemana added that the sentinel hogs will be observed for two weeks to one month to determine the presence of virus. Only after negative results, as certified by results of the laboratory testing, will the swine repopulation start, she added.*

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