PICTURES: Keeping Bukidnon ASF-free

Manman Dejeto

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February 12, 2020
11:33 pm

LOREGA, Kitaotao, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 12 Feb) — Bukidnon, a landlocked province in mainland Mindanao, has been employing biosecurity measures for several decades now, long before the African Swine Fever (ASF) reached Mindannao.

MindaNews visited the Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in Lorega, Kitaotao, Bukidnon, on Monday, February 10, 2020 to check on the province’s efforts to keep the province ASF-free.

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12LoregaQuarantine55 — Entering Bukidnon from Davao City, vehicles pass through a wheel bath at the Animal Qurantine Checkpoint in Lorega, Kitaotao, Bukidnon in this photo taken 10 February 2020. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

12LoregaQuarantine22 — The Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in Lorega, Kitaotao, Bukidnon, is manned 24/7 by personnel of the Provincial Veterinarian’s Office and police. MIndaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

12LoregaQuarantine4 — The Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in Lorega, Kitaotao, Bukidnon, is manned 24/7 by personnel of the Provincial Veterinarian’s Office and police. MIndaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

12LoregaQuarantine10 — Notice addressed to passengers to step on the foot bath. Passengers get off at the Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in Lorega, Kitaotao, Bukidnon to step on the foot baths, a biosecurity measure of the province of Bukidnon. MIndaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

12LoregaQuarantine1111 — Passengers get off at the Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in Lorega, Kitaotao, Bukidnon to step on the foot baths, a biosecurity measure of the province of Bukidnon. MIndaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

12LoregaQuarantine1212 — Passengers get off at the Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in Lorega, Kitaotao, Bukidnon to step on the foot baths, a biosecurity measure of the province of Bukidnon. MIndaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

12LoregaQuarantine1313 — Passengers get off at the Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in Lorega, Kitaotao, Bukidnon to step on the foot baths, a biosecurity measure of the province of Bukidnon. MIndaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

12LoregaQuarantine88 — Tarpaulins at the Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in Kitaotao, Bukidnon remind passengers about the total temporary ban on the entry of live hogs, pork and pork products and byproducts in Bukidnon from others provinces in the country. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

12LoregaQuarantine77 — Ghumel Torayno of the Provincial Veterinarian’s Office shows a box of disinfectants for the wheel bath, foot baths and sprinklers at the Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in Kitaotao, Bukidnon on 10 February 2020. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

12LoregaQuarantine1A — Ghumel Torayno of the Provincial Veterinarian’s Office, points to the pork and pork products confiscated at the Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in Lorega, Kitaotao, Bukdinon on 10 February 2020. Even before the African Swine Fever reached Mindanao, Bukidnon had banned the entry of live hogs, pork, pork products and by products from other provinces in the country.

MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

12LoregaQuarantine1414 — Even before the African Swine Fever reached Mindanao, Bukidnon had banned the entry of live hogs, pork, pork products and by products from other provinces in the country. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO