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Davao City Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (DCADDL) Highlights of Accomplishments for CY 2021
January 16, 2022The Davao City Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (DCADDL) of the City Veterinarian’s Office continues to conduct different laboratory tests on pets and livestock animals to ensure public health safety. With an emphasis on animal health and encouraging farmer recipients to adopt improved animal husbandry practices and health care management. The DCADDL received a total of seventy (70) tissue brain samples, fifty-one (51) are canine brain and nineteen (19) feline brain samples for rabies diagnostic examination. 58 brain samples came from the different districts of Davao City, five (5) brain samples from Davao del Norte, five (5) samples from Davao del Sur, one sample from Davao de Oro, and a sample in Cotabato. Laboratory personnel also conducted animal fecal examinations on large and small ruminants from the different districts of Davao City. A total of six hundred eighty-six (686) fecal samples from livestock animals were submitted and analyzed for internal worms. DCADDL personnel served two hundred eighty (280) clients/farmers. The surveillance and monitoring for African Swine Fever (ASF) continue in Paquibato, Toril, Baguio, Calinan, Talomo, Tugbok, and Buhangin Districts. Samples of blood, tissue, and meat by-products were collected in Bankerohan Public Market and Ma-a Slaughterhouse and submitted for RT-PCR tests. Three hundred thirty-nine samples (339) (broken down as 69 blood samples, a tissue sample, 258 environmental swabs, and 11 meat by-products) were collected to undergo testing. Samples collected were sent to the Department of Agriculture-Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory RFU XI and University of the Philippines Genome Center for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing. Collection of swine blood samples at Brgy. Bunawan Proper on January 13, 2022. Blood samples gathered from different species of livestock animals: bovine, bubaline, caprine, and poultry, were likewise sent to the Department of Agriculture-Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory RFU XI for examination and proper disease identification and monitoring of animal diseases in Davao City. Eighteen (18) Complete Blood Counts (CBC) from dogs and cats were collected and performed. Conducted Information Education Campaign (IEC) to commit to the responsibility of providing for the animal’s welfare need for the life of the pet and rabies disease (RA 9482) done via zoom to clients that submitted brain samples for rabies examination. In all, Thirty-eight (38) IEC sessions were handled and with one-thousand eighty-one (1,081) IEC materials distributed to the clients for the year. *ß+y... Read more...
Hog Repopulation Program by Department of Agriculture
December 28, 2021On December 1, 2021, the Department of Agriculture, Regional Field Office XI delivered 130 heads piglets to Brgy. Dominga, Brgy. Lamanan and Brgy. Inayangan as part of the Repopulation Program of the African Swine Fever (ASF) affected areas. These hogs are sourced by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) from certified ASF-free farms and serve as sentinel pigs. Listed below is the distribution of the animals. DISTRIBUTION OF PIGLETS Barangay No. Of Heads No. Of recipients Lamanan 30 10 Inayangan 40 15 Dominga 60 30 Daily monitoring of hogs ensues, following the Sentinel Protocol stipulated in Administrative Order No. 30, Series of 2021 of the Department of Agriculture. The herd will be under observation for forty days for any clinical signs related to ASF and other infectious diseases. The farmer recipients of sentinel stocks, and with the supervision of the City Veterinarian’s Office personnel, must submit the duly accomplished ASF Health Declaration Form (Annex F) to the BAI and DA ASF Prevention and Control Program. On January 10, 2021, the last day of monitoring, the Davao City Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (DCADDL) personnel under the City veterinarian’s Office will collect blood samples from the sentinel pigs for ASF Test. If results are positive, the depopulation of the herd follows. But if the test results are negative, the sentinel pigs can be slaughtered for human consumption or use as breeders. Once all the representative animals in the three barangays tested negative for ASF antigen, the DA will upgrade the ASF Zoning Classification of the areas from Pink (buffer zone) to Yellow (surveillance zone). To recall, in February 2020, African Swine Fever infected three barangays, namely, Dominga, Lamanan, and Inayangan. It resulted in the depopulation of hogs within a one-kilometer radius of the infected areas to contain the disease. And as a consequence, the livelihood of swine raisers was greatly affected. However, to lessen the financial strain, the distressed farmers were indemnified by Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, and by the Department of Agriculture, Regional Field Office XI.... Read more...
Post Abattoir Monitoring
December 5, 2021With the issuance of Mission Order, the monitoring team conducted Post-abattoir/Meat Establishment Monitoring last November 14, 2021, in Cabantian, Buhangin, Ilang, Tibungco, Indangan, and Bunawan. The said operation resulted in the following: Issuance of Post-Meat Establishment Receipt- for not having Meat Inspection Certificate (MIC) at the time of inspection. The team confiscated more or less 54.2 kilos of pork Lechon, and, approximately 130 kilos of raw pork carcasses readied for roasting as Lechon. These are all in violation of the provision of RA 9296, as amended in RA 10536 or The Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines and City Ordinance No. 0291-17, as amended or The 2017 Revenue Code of Davao City. Other stalls and areas monitored have complete Meat Inspection Certificates (MIC) and posted at the time of inspection, to wit: Meat stalls at Bunawan Public MarketMeat stall at Tibungco Public MarketMeat stall at Indangan talipapaLechon houses at Buhangin All these activities are all reported for blotter at Buhangin Police Station and as for the record. Meat Inspection Certificate Monitoring & inspection activity Monitoring and Inspection activity Confiscated carcass... Read more...

Post Meat Establishment Monitoring in June 2021
July 23, 2021In the month of June, four (4) Post Meat Establishment Monitoring operations were conducted in lechon houses, private and public wet markets, and livestock landing in Poblacion and Buhangin Districts in Davao City. On June 6, 2021, the monitoring team conducted surveillance at Panorama, Buhangin to validate an anonymous text received regarding an illegal slaughtering operation in the area. Two lechon houses were issued with Notices of Final Warning due to illegal slaughtering. On June 13, 2021, two teams conducted monitoring in different lechon houses, public markets, and livestock landing in Poblacion areas. The operations yielded the confiscation of three whole carcasses and entrails which totalled about 250 kilos. These were from two lechon houses in Sta. Ana Avenue and one stall at Bankerohan Public Market. And in June 28, 2021, in response to a concerned citizen-informant, an inspection in Brgy 5-A, Pag-asa, Bankerohan, of this city, brought-in another illegally slaughtered pork carcass of approximately 170 kilos. All these were in violation of the City Ordinance 158-05, as amended by City Ordinance 0291-17, or the Revised Tax Revenue Code of Davao City, and RA 9296, as amended by RA 10536, or otherwise known as the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines. Specific violations include illegal slaughtering, both in the place of slaughter and in the absence of ante- and post-mortem inspections, as there were no Meat Inspection Certificates presented, nor meat brandings found on carcasses upon inspection. Confiscated meats and entrails were donated to the Davao Crocodile Park. Police Blotters of the incidents were lodged at Sta. Ana Police Station and San Pedro Police Station. Other areas monitored were lechon houses in Chaves St., Agdao Public Market, and livestock landing in Sta Ana Wharf (from IGACOS). In summary, the following tasks were accomplished: 12 establishments were monitored and inspected; 4 Post Meat Establishment Control Receipts issued;2 Notices of Final Warning given; 4 sets of three different Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials distributed; 3 Deed of Donation/Acknowledgment Receipts received; and, 420 kilos of pork carcasses and entrails confiscated. Confiscation of carcass Confiscation of pork in Bankerohan Public Market Monitoring of lechon houses All confiscated hog carcasses were donated to Crocodile Park, Davao City Confiscated carcasses donated to Crocodile Park, Davao City... Read more...

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