TACLOBAN CITY —- The Catbalogan City in Samar has its first case of African swine fever (ASF).
Catbalogan officials confirmed blood samples taken from hog livestock in Barangay Mercedes tested positive for the ASF virus by the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Catbalogan city veterinarian Antonio Cinco said they immediately conducted depopulation within the 500-meter radius, where the first cases of ASF were monitored.
Depopulation means a rapid and deliberate killing of infected, potentially infected, or contact animals to stamp out the disease and prevent it from spreading to a healthy population, according to the Animal Welfare Act.
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