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Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Local vets told: Relax despite absence of animal disease
By Rimaliza Opiña
IN LINE with the campaign to make Cordillera foot and mouth disease (FMD)-free, the FMD task force drafted strategies to eradicate the disease among cloven-footed animals.
Among the strategies pursued by the task force are disease monitoring and surveillance in slaughterhouses, information dissemination, animal movement management through quarantine and regulation of shipment and vaccination.
The region has been identified by the Department of Agriculture as an area of concern in the country's bid to eradicate FMD.
While no other cases were recorded in the region after the FMD outbreak at the city slaughterhouse last May, assistant regional director Jerry Baliang of the DA-Regional Field Unit stressed this should not be a reason for the task force to relax.
He said the office of the city and provincial veterinarians have to sustain the absence of cases.
The country is seeking an FMD-free tag to export animals and byproducts. "It's a trade barrier," an official of the FMD task force said earlier.
Recently, several line agencies and the Baguio City Government and Benguet Provincial Governments signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) containing their commitment for the permanent eradication of FMD in the region.
Among the signatories to the MOA are the Department of Agriculture-CAR, Bureau of Animal Industry, Philippine Information Agency-CAR, Office of the City Veterinarian, Office of the Provincial Veterinarian, Association of Barangay Councils-Baguio, Benguet State University- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas-Baguio-Benguet chapter, Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club, Baguio Meat Vendors Association and the Cordillera Livestock Trader's Association.
(August 9, 2005 issue)
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