At least 80 percent of pigs in four town in Pangasinan were believed to have been infected with a disease, forcing local authorities to set up 12 quarantine checkpoints around the province.
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 04/29/2009 7:49 AM
Dr. Benedicto Perez of the provincial veterinary office said 80 percent of pigs from the town of Bugallon, Aguilar, Binmaley and Lingayen have become sick.
Perez said the pigs were afflicted with the Porcine Respiratory Reproductive Syndrome (PRRS). He said the veterinary office was able to immediately contain the disease, but they would need to continuously monitor the affected hog farms.
"Nagamot ang strain na ito at continuous ang monitoring," he said.
Dr. Hildo Fabros, technical director of the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) in Ilocos region, said they have already dispatched personnel to check all hogs being delivered into the province.
Fabros said all delivery trucks are being asked to issue veterinary shipping permits and meat inspection certificates from piggery farms.
He said the NMIS had been conducting stricter inspections since the swine flu broke out in Mexico, where 149 people have died due to the virus.
Reports said a total of 65 cases of swine flu infections have been detected in United States, 13 in Canada, and new cases in Israel and New Zealand. With a report from Cris Zuniga, ABS-CBN North Luzon
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