00:00On Tuesday, the Bureau of Animal Industry will start the vaccination of pigs against African Swine Fever.
00:08Many have been affected by the disease, such as in Davao Occidental, where the price of pork has already fallen.
00:16Bernadette Reyes has the story.
00:20A pig was sold for Php 1,000 in Davao Occidental, according to the Provincial Veterinarian Office,
00:27after African Swine Fever infected three barangays in the province.
00:32It is possible that the farmers are afraid to include their pigs in the depopulation.
00:38Instead of total depopulation, they are implementing test and destroy.
00:43The peddlers are taking advantage of the situation, the buyers, and then you hear the news that it is spreading,
00:54that it is spreading, that it is sick, that it is dead.
00:57All of our positive cases are now living in accordance with sanitation.
01:07In order for the spread of ASF to be successful, the vaccination program will start on Tuesday.
01:13Tomorrow, the Bureau of Animal Industry will go to Batangas, where eight countries have been diagnosed with ASF.
01:20Here, the agencies will lay down the rules on vaccination.
01:24Vaccination is free. It is voluntary.
01:26That is why the pig farmers will not force their pigs to be vaccinated.
01:31We will lay down the rules of engagement.
01:34We cannot say, here, we will vaccinate. No, we have to get the blood.
01:39We will talk to the technical people in Batangas.
01:43They will not vaccinate right away. Again, we have to be very careful.
01:48First, the medicine will only be injected to pigs that are not sick.
01:52It cannot be injected to breeders or to the pigs that have been hit.
01:56It must also be monitored every 30 to 60 days on the reaction of the pigs to the vaccine.
02:02When we see that it is positive, we will not vaccinate because we are already looking for a disease.
02:09This medicine will not have an effect if there is a pig disease inside.
02:16According to the DA, 600,000 doses of the vaccine are expected to arrive in the country.
02:21It's not that alarming because the vaccine is on the way.
02:25So hopefully, we can contain this.
02:29But of course, it will not be easy, but we will do our best.
02:33Inspection sites will be added to prevent other places from contracting ASF.
02:39This inspection site here in Malanday, Valenzuela,
02:42will be the last control point here in Metro Manila before the pigs can be transported to nearby provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, and Tarlac
02:50where there is a wide repopulation now.
02:54At the checkpoint in Tandang Sora, Quezon City, 60 pigs from Sariaya, Quezon were brought to Caloocan, Nacumpisca
03:02due to pecking documents.
03:04It also does not have a shipping permit from the house.
03:07In Barangay Turbina in Calamba, Laguna, not all passing trucks, closed vans, and other vehicles are allowed to pass, especially if it is near Batangas.
03:17There are some, but they have papers.
03:21And for those without papers, we ask them to go back to their home town.
03:27No, it's okay. It's just right.
03:29It's like our check genials.
03:31It's their job to be good to us.
03:35We put checkposts at the boundaries here in Batangas, here in Santo Tomas, and here in Calamba.
03:42This is where the traders really pass by.
03:47At Start All Way in Santo Tomas, Batangas, there is also a checkpoint where cars are first disinfected from other places before entering Batangas.
03:56For GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes, Nakatuto, 24 Hours.
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