CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Agriculture officials confirmed that African swine fever (ASF) was the cause of death of pigs in two Misamis Oriental towns and two villages in the city.
Carlene Collado, regional executive director of the Department of Agriculture (DA), said ASF had already entered the city and Misamis Oriental as shown by results of tests made on blood samples of pigs in four villages—one each in the towns of Manticao and Initao in Misamis Oriental and two in the city.
Collado said on Wednesday that the samples had been brought to DA labs in the city and General Santos and returned with positive results.
Councilor George Goking, chair of the city council’s trade and com…
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