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The province of Antique has reinforced its monitoring against avian influenza or bird flu, notably at the border checkpoints, which involve limiting the admission of live birds which are suspected disease carriers.

Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) Office chief of Public Health Division, Dr. Marco Rafael Ardamil, in an interview Wednesday, said beefing up the watch at the checkpoints began following the reported bird flu index case in the province of Capiz on Dec. 2.

“Aside from checking on the pork and pig-based items being carried to Antique as a preventive step against the African swine fever (ASF), ProVet officers at the border control posts also check on the live birds and other avian species,” Ardamil stated.

Since Dec. 3, the border control checkpoints in Hamtic and Anini-y towns close to Iloilo province as well as Libertad and Pandan towns at the border of Aklan province have controlled the entry of live birds, ducks, pigeons, and other avian species, the ProVet officer said.

Those transporting live birds, ducks, pigeons, and other avian species have to first get a letter of acceptance from the Antique ProVet that the animals come from farms free of bird flu to be submitted at the border control checkpoints to be granted admission to the province.

Duck eggs, table eggs, day-old chick or ready-to-lay pullets being transported to Antique are largely from farms in Luzon.

“Yesterday (Dec. 6, 2022), there was someone who was directed at the border control checkpoint to return the pigeons to their place of origin having no Letter of Acceptance from ProVet,” Ardamil stated.

Since poultries in Iloilo province are primary sources of dressed chicken being sold in the markets in Antique, the traders are also urged to get the Meat Inspection Certificate (MIC) from the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) before they are transferred to the province.

Poultry owners have been instructed to undertake biosecurity measures at their farms such as wearing personal protective equipment and boots and stepping on footbaths with disinfectant before entering their poultries to guarantee that they are not carriers of avian influenza.

Contact with migratory birds that are carrying the virus can lead to the spread of the disease.

Uncooked dressed chicken or bird species can also be sources of the sickness, Ardamil warned.

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