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                    [Title] => Disease killing Bulacan piglets could have spread to Batangas
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ANGELES CITY — The chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) said yesterday the fatal disease which has killed piglets in Bulacan could have found its way to Batangas.


Dr. Divino Catbagan, BAI director, told The STAR that the Philippine College of Swine Practitioners (PCSP) is now examining the case of a farm in Sto. Rosario, Batangas for the development of an experimental vaccine against the disease, which was first reported to have killed scores of piglets in several towns in Bulacan earlier this year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 344815 [Title] => Piglet deaths in Bulacan still baffle veterinarians [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — Veterinary experts seem to be back to square one despite the discovery of at least four diseases killing piglets in Bulacan.

This, amid the possibility that viruses causing them could have mutated into yet unknown strains.

Government veterinarians said partial quarantine has been enforced in five Bulacan towns where a significant number of piglets have died this year.

Experts from the Philippine College of Swine Practitioners (PCSP) have identified four diseases hounding piggeries in the province.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 336143 [Title] => Hog disease spreads in Bulacan [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — The strange disease killing piglets in Bulacan is believed to be the highly contagious and fatal "porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED)" which is spreading to hog farms in more towns in the province.

Dr. Felipe Bartolome, acting provincial veterinarian, told The STAR that tests using a special equipment provided by a local veterinary supplier confirmed that PED caused the deaths of several piglets in a number of hog farms in Bulacan.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 332282 [Title] => Strange virus killing piglets in Bulacan [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — A strange fatal virus causing diarrhea among piglets in Bulacan has continued to baffle veterinarians who now fear that if the viral ailment spreads, there could be a shortage of pork in Metro Manila in three months.

Dr. Jose Carillo, chief of the veterinary disease prevention and regulatory division of the Bulacan provincial government, told The STAR that at least five medium-sized swine farms have been placed under full quarantine amid reports that the viral diarrhea is highly contagious.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 301033 [Title] => Malacañang urged to fund ‘CPR’ plan vs avian flu [Summary] => A pro-administration congressman urged Malacañang yesterday to provide funds for its "CPR" plan, not against street protesters but against the bird flu virus.

Palawan Rep. Abraham Mitra said while the government has drawn up a program to fight avian flu, this remains to be funded.

"There is no funding in the proposed P1-trillion 2006 budget. But it is not yet late for Malacañang to request the realignment of some items in the budget while the measure is still being heard in the House," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 287108 [Title] => Bulacan, Pampanga poultry quarantine lifted [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) lifted yesterday the poultry quarantine implemented in parts of Calumpit, Pulilan and Plaridel in Bulacan and in Apalit town in Pampanga after results of studies in Australia indicated that the ducks which were found to be affected with low-pathogen Asian influenza virus were not infected with the virulent strain that have wiped out poultry in other countries.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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