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Pagsusuka, pagtaas ng temperatura, panghihina at walang gana sa pagkain — ‘yan ang ilan sa mga sintomas ng African Swine Fever o ASF sa mga alaga nating baboy. Ang iba pang detalye, alamin sa video.

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00:00As ASF or African Swine Fever continues to rise in the country,

00:03various departments of the government continue to restrict access to livestock or meat.

00:10They are also making frequent checkpoints to inspect the meat being transported.

00:14Some of them have a positive knowledge of African Swine Fever,

00:18which is why some of the pigs and even the chickens are affected.

00:22ASF is also causing concern and fear among some voters.

00:28And to help us find out if the meat we buy is affected by ASF,

00:34we are joined by Veterinarian 5 of the Quezon City Veterinary Department, Dr. Henry Barbero.

00:40Good evening to all of you and welcome to Dapat Alam Mo.

00:43First of all, Dr. Henry, before anything else,

00:47what is ASF or African Swine Fever and is it contagious to humans?

00:54African Swine Fever is a specific viral infection that is only contagious to pigs.

01:00It is not contagious to humans.

01:03If it is only contagious to pigs, why are we keeping an eye on the chickens?

01:07Chickens also have what we call avian influenza,

01:11which is contagious to humans.

01:15So we are keeping an eye on different things.

01:17Dr. Henry, how can we know if the meat is contaminated by ASF?

01:22What are the signs that we should look at?

01:24Let's show it to the meat, sir.

01:27This is specific, like this pork belly.

01:30All of these pork bellies, before it is separated from cold storages,

01:34we have to stamp it.

01:36It is inspected and passed.

01:37It goes through NMIS and is inspected by meat inspectors.

01:40And of course, the most important thing is,

01:42before we touch or buy the meat,

01:45we check the meat inspection certificate

01:47that proves that it went through a proper inspection.

01:51If it is frozen, we have what we call a Certificate of Meat Inspection, or COMI.

01:56There is a certificate for that, doc.

01:58How can a small piece of meat like this be inspected?

02:01Yes, and also in the markets.

02:02In the markets.

02:03What are you looking at?

02:04Yes.

02:05For everything that goes out of cold storages and slaughterhouses,

02:08it is all stamped.

02:09And they cannot go out.

02:11Each piece is stamped?

02:14Yes, it is just a number of the stamp that we put.

02:17Yes, the stamp is clear.

02:18Here, how do we know?

02:19The color, for example.

02:20Yes.

02:21What does it look like?

02:22The color, the hardness, or the softness.

02:24Do you know that?

02:25Another process, we cannot know that from the texture.

02:27Aside from the spots that can be seen.

02:30The spots are like the bite marks,

02:32the look that we are talking about,

02:34that we can only see on the skin.

02:36So there is like a bite mark?

02:37Yes.

02:38That is what we call a differential diagnosis.

02:41If it is still suspected, we will cut it right away.

02:44Because some of them we think are like swine pox,

02:48but some of them really manifest that there is a wetness.

02:51What is the color of the meat when it is sick?

02:53If it is sick, it is not pink.

02:56The normal color of our meat is pinkish.

02:59If it is sick, it is pale?

03:01It is pale, or if not, it is black because the blood is accumulated inside the meat.

03:06Black?

03:07Yes.

03:08Does it smell?

03:09Yes.

03:10If it is considered, we will avoid it.

03:12So that we will not buy or acquire any bacterial or viral infection in our meat.

03:19Alright.

03:20Doc, if ever, for example, we buy meat that is infected with ASF,

03:24is there anything we can do to eat it?

03:28Can we cook it thoroughly and the virus will be gone?

03:32Or should we just throw it away?

03:34As much as possible, if we can acquire this and it is suspected,

03:38it is better to report it to the city.

03:41We can give it even if we say that it is not contagious to humans.

03:46But you can't eat it?

03:48As much as possible, no.

03:50Even if you cook it thoroughly?

03:51Yes.

03:52If we eat it, what will happen?

03:53It will not have any effect on us.

03:55But if the ASF pig is dead and it has a bacterial infection,

03:59we might have the disease that it has a tail.

04:03From the time it died, it was killed again.

04:06So it is already dead?

04:07Double dead.

04:08Double dead.

04:09But for us, will we get food poisoning?

04:11Will we get sick?

04:12Yes, that can happen.

04:13If we can see meat that has ASF, where can we report it?

04:17Directly here in Quezon City.

04:19We have a veterinary department in Quezon City.

04:22We can immediately report it to the Bayi Bureau of Animal Industry

04:26and National Meat Inspection Services.

04:28Those are the agencies we can call.

04:30Do you have any additional reminders for our viewers?

04:34For all consumers in the Philippines,

04:37we know that pork-eating is really common.

04:40So let's avoid it.

04:42And let's be careful with what we buy.

04:45Because we don't want to get infected with ASF.

04:50We still have time.

04:51Let's go back to the chicken.

04:54What should we check if it has avian flu?

04:57The avian flu is specific.

05:00We can see it in the belly.

05:02In the belly?

05:03Yes.

05:04And the most specific thing we can see in the chicken is the air sac.

05:10If it's still alive?

05:11Yes.

05:12But what is the manifestation of this in the chicken?

05:14It's the same.

05:15It has pus.

05:16It has pus.

05:17You can also see it in the feet.

05:19You can see it in the farthest extremities or the farthest part of the body.

05:24That's where you can see the pus.

05:25Is it thin?

05:26It's not thin, but it's swollen.

05:28It's black.

05:29It's black.

05:30It's also smelly.

05:31The swine flu has no effect on humans.

05:34This avian flu, is it zoonotic?

05:37Is it contagious?

05:38Yes, it's contagious.

05:39It's contagious.

05:40And it has types.

05:42Highly pathogenic and low pathogenic.

05:45Is it contagious or not?

05:46Yes, it's contagious.

05:47What will happen if we get infected with it?

05:49We can get infected.

05:51We'll get infected.

05:52And of course, if you have pneumonia, if it's highly pathogenic, you can die.

05:56You can die?

05:57Yes.

05:58Avian flu is very scary.

06:00Let's just wait for the vaccines, especially for the ASF.

06:04Thank you very much, Dr. Henry Barbero of the Quezon City Veterinary Department

06:08for giving us information about the African swine flu and avian flu.

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