00:00The Department of Agriculture recorded a 90% antibody count
00:04from the pigs vaccinated against African Swine Fever.
00:09It was recorded 28 days after the pigs were crushed in Lobo, Batangas.
00:14According to DA's spokesperson, Asek Arnel Demesa,
00:17this proves that the vaccine is effective.
00:20They hope that this will continue and will be the basis
00:24of the Food and Drug Administration to have commercial approval for the vaccine.
00:29As of now, the number of barangays affected by the ASF has increased to 534
00:35this October, from 458 barangays last August.
00:39With the help of the government and a group of pigs breeders,
00:44they asked Agriculture Secretary Francisco Chu Laurel Jr.
00:48to convince President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.
00:51to approve the emergency use authorization of the ASF vaccine from Vietnam.
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