Vet office-issued IDs seen to boost anti-ASF drive

NEGROS. The Provincial Veterinary Office of Negros Occidental headed by Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena (second from left) in collaboration with Univet Nutrition and Animal Health Care Company issues identification cards to 15,000 registered swine raisers in the province. (Contributed photo)
NEGROS. The Provincial Veterinary Office of Negros Occidental headed by Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena (second from left) in collaboration with Univet Nutrition and Animal Health Care Company issues identification cards to 15,000 registered swine raisers in the province. (Contributed photo)

IN A bid to further intensify its African Swine Fever (ASF) monitoring and surveillance effort, the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) of Negros Occidental had issued identification cards (IDs) to 15,000 registered swine raisers in the province.

This was done in collaboration with Univet Nutrition and Animal Health Care Company (Unahco).

Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena said aside from profiling all existing swine raisers in the province, these IDs are intended to uphold the commitment of cardholders to help protect the local swine industry.

Decena said this is by reporting to the Provincial ASF Task Force hotline or to the nearest PVO District Field Unit any disease occurrence, signs, or symptoms affecting pigs in the locality.

"They can also help through reporting the entry, transport, and sale of live pigs, pork, and pork products coming from any areas affected by the dreaded animal disease prohibited under the Provincial ASF Ordinance," he added.

Swine raisers with PVO-issued IDs are entitled to avail themselves of the programs and projects extended by the Provincial Government relative to swine production and marketing.

The PVO said the profiling of swine raisers also aims to provide updated data on the supply status of slaughter hogs in the province given the increasing demand for the product.

Its records showed that a total of 24,406 heads were already shipped by local hog raisers to Luzon and other provinces in the Visayas which were seriously hit by the ASF outbreak.

Decena said raiser-cardholders may also be eligible to be registered under the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) through the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC).

"We have been urging every member of the alliance to avail of livestock insurance through the PCIC to indemnify their losses in case of livestock morbidity or mortality due to diseases or during calamities," he added.

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