#AvianInfluenza || The Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), respective municipal veterinary personnel, and farm owners have acted swiftly to contain avian influenza (bird flu) that was detected in a duck farm in Baliuag, Bulacan, and quail farms in Candaba and Mexico, Pampanga.
“We immediately carried out the needed protocol to effectively contain avian influenza that was detected in ducks and quails in Baliuag, Bulacan, and Candaba and Mexico in Pampanga — aimed mainly at preventing it from spreading to other areas,” said Agriculture Secretary William Dar.
The DA-BAI confirmed the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 strain through its Animal Disease Diagnosis and Reference Laboratory (BAI-ADDRL) using Real Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR).
DA-BAI Director Reildrin Morales said they are continuously conducting surveillance activities on all poultry species, and that there is no reported occurrence of said disease in chickens and turkeys.
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