Via Manila Bulletin :
" TABUK, Kalinga : Diseases among hogs have spread in this town and the deaths of at least 300 pigs showed that they were downed by cholera and Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) infections, authorities revealed Monday.
Results of hog blood samples brought last week for laboratory test at the Philippine Animal Health Center in Manila confirmed the cholera and PRRS mixed infection among hogs here, said Godofredo Laed of the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO).
Laed said the PVO made the move following reports from hog raisers of widespread cases of severe diarrhea and still births among hogs since July.
While admitting that the 300 death toll in swine is very high, Laed said the PVO cannot yet declare a state of an outbreak, “since we lack further qualifying requirements for such a declaration.”
Based on their investigation, Laed said the virus might have originated from infected pig meats and live hogs brought into the town."
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