AGRICULTURE Secretary William D. Dar said P80 million has been allocated for the development and mass production of test kits for the detection of African Swine Fever (ASF). The test kits, which go by ...

MANILA, Philippines — Testing of hogs for the government’s African swine fever vaccination program will start in Lobo, Batangas, considered as the “ground zero“ of the ASF outbreak, according to the ...

BLOOD SAMPLE testing for African Swine Fever (ASF) is encountering bottlenecks at the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) national office because of limited capacity or supply at regional laboratories, ...

MANILA, Philippines – Various processed meat products have tested positive for African swine fever (ASF) just as the government ordered the lifting of the ban on the transport and entry of such ...

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said the research firm, which received a P16-million grant from the government, is expected to release a testing kit for African swine fever (ASF) by ...

A Filipino-made test kit for African swine fever (ASF), which tremendously cuts diagnosis cost and time, could be rolled out as early as next week as it is expected to be approved soon, the Bureau of ...

MANILA, Philippines — Processed pork products manufactured by Pampanga-based Mekeni Food Corp. have tested positive for African swine fever (ASF) following a series of tests done by the Department of ...

South Korea said Tuesday it has developed a new test kit for the African swine fever (ASF) that can pave the way for the country to speed up its battle against the fatal animal disease and reduce its ...

CEBU CITY — Anyone who conducts unauthorized testing and culling of pigs in Cebu may face arrest. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on released a memorandum that prohibits agencies, including the Bureau ...

African Swine Fever Polymerase Chain Reaction (ASF-PCR) test kits being kept in the cold storage of the Bacolod City Local Government Unit (LGU) were found to have expired on November 30, 2025. Of the ...