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Five pigs across two backyard farms tested positive, with movement bans imposed and PHP 49 million in indemnity payments still outstanding from last year.
The agriculture secretary attributes the decline to producers liquidating herds ahead of the rainy season rather than to import volumes.
Brazilian shipments reached 234,818 tonnes carcass weight equivalent in the first eight months, or 22.7% of Brazil's total pork exports.
The Bureau of Animal Industry approved the first commercially cleared ASF vaccine for fatteners, giving hog raisers a new tool against a disease that has nearly halved the national herd since 2019.
The live attenuated vaccine, developed by ICAR-NIHSAD, was dedicated to the nation at ICAR Foundation Day as the disease continues to affect pig farmers in Assam and Mizoram.
