Contaminated Feeds Eyed In Spread Of ASF

The idea of bringing the Community Hog Raising Facilities near the production areas of raw materials for hog feeds could address one of the possible causes of the massive spread of the African Swine Fever, contaminated feeds.
I have long suspected that exposed feeds sold in many agricultural supply stores or transported without giving much concern for biosecurity may have resulted in the transmission of the disease.
Last week, my younger brother, Bong, who raised native pigs in his farm in Mlang, bought Corn bran from a feed supply store in Makilala, one of the towns in Cotabato hardest hit by ASF.
After feeding his hogs with the feeds, the animals showed signs of ASF the following day and one by one the hogs died.
In the “Hogstel” Integrated Farming System which I am crafting now to be proposed to the National Livestock Program of the Department of Agriculture will have an in-house feed mill which will use farm fresh grains grown by farmers in the community.
This is expected to eliminate the risk of exposing these feed materials to contamination while ensuring freshness and better quality.
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