As a government technical working group gears up for the rollout of imported vaccines to fend off the further spread of the African Swine Fever , a legislator is optimistic that the inoculation program that will soon kick off to finally arrest the large-scale deaths of hogs and reinvigorate the local swine industry.
Villafuerte said the vaccine rollout that the DA’s TWG on Vaccination against ASF is set to start this June or July, as announced by the President himself,. The domestic pork inventory has continued to fall in the absence of a vaccine drive, with data from the DA-attached National Meat Inspection Service showing that nationwide stocks in cold storage facilities total 50,658 metric tons in mid-May 2024 or a fourth lower than last year’s 67,359 MT.