- GILBERT BAYORAN
The provincial government of Negros Occidental and the highly-urbanized Bacolod City have lifted the ban on the entry of live domestic and wild birds from Panay and Guimaras.
This was contained in a joint executive order jointly issued Aug. 4 by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Mayor Alfredo Benitez, allowing the entry of ready to lay pullets, poultry products, including eggs and manure, from the Visayas, including Panay and Guimaras.
Following the declaration of Capiz as an Avian Influenza-Free Province by the Department of Agriculture, the Regional Advisory Committee for Animal Disease Control and Emergency (RAD-ADCE) approved a resolution requesting Negros Occidental and Bacolod City to lift the ban on poultry, poultry products and by-products from Panay and Guimaras islands.
In view of the resolution of RAD-ADCE, provincial veterinarian Dr. Placeda Lemana has recommended the lifting of the ban on the entry of poultry and its byproducts to Negros Occidental.
This led to the amendment of Section 1 of Joint Executive Order 02, series of 2022, that establishes guidelines for the entry of all live domestic and wild birds, and their products, including eggs and manure, from areas with reported cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza into Negros Occidental, and Bacolod City./GB
