BACOLOD City – Eighteen more cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) were recorded in Negros Occidental, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) confirmed, citing laboratory test results.
The specimens were from taken from Barangay 6 (13 positive cases), Barangay Linao (two) and Barangay Binicuil (one), all in Kabankalan City.
Two other cases were recorded in Hinigaran town – one each from barangays Gargato and Camba-og.
As of Monday, July 10, the province’s hog mortalities reached 16,361 or close to 10 percent of Negros Occidental’s hog population of 164,334, data from the Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) showed.
Losses reached P186,633,250 so far.
Despite the hog mortalities, however, the province was still able to ship out more than 10,000 healthy pigs to other provinces, said Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson.
He assured Negrenses that hog diseases, particularly hog cholera and ASF, were being contained.
Lacson also said the province’s supply of pork and pork products remains sufficient./PN
