TACLOBAN CITY, February 4 (PIA) – Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” Petilla assured the public that safety and control measures are now being implemented against the African Swine Fever (ASF) that has affected some four municipalities, namely: Abuyog, Javier, La Paz and Dulag, all in the Province of Leyte.
This was learned during the interview with the governor in today’s Network Briefing News hosted by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary, JV Arcena.
According to the Governor, appropriate safety measures are now being imposed all over Leyte, in efforts to prevent the spread of ASF in the province and other areas of the Eastern Visayas region.
“We are currently conducting an inventory of all the pigs in the province and likewise doing the surveillance as to ASF cases. This is in partnership with the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Animal Industry,” Petilla said.
“We are currently conducting an inventory of all the pigs in the province and likewise doing the surveillance as to ASF cases. This is in partnership with the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Animal Industry,” Petilla said.
The official also shared that even with the presence of ASF, the province has still enough supply of hogs as it has stopped its hog exportation to Luzon, on top of the province’s implementation of the “Leyte Economics” Program, where it has deployed more than 2,000 breeders to some poor barangays and former conflict-affected areas.
