CABANATUAN CITY - The veterinary officers in this city is waging an all-out war against the dreaded cattle disease that was found positive in provinces of Tarlac and Pampanga, a ranking official said on Thursday.
Dr. Ricardo Bautista, head of the Cabanatuan City Veterinary Office, said that on order of Mayor Alvin Vergara, his men are conducting massive vaccination against the flu-like Hemorrhagic Septicemia in rural barangays.
They target to treat at least 2,000 carabaos from at least 45 of the city's 89 barangays.Besides giving vaccine which supplies come from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) regional office in Pampanga, Bautista said, his office also gives doses of vitamins to cattle."
Masyadong masakit sa isang magsasaka na mamamatayan ng kalabaw dahil napakamahal nito at kailangang-kailangan sa pagsasaka," Bautista said.
The youngest animal, he said, costs for about P20,000. The working age is at P50,000, he added.Cabanatuan City is still considered agricultural in nature despite its booming industrialization.
Bautista said the effort was prompted by confirmation from the provincial veterinary office of Nueva Ecija that the disease was found in the two provinces.
The disease, he said, is highly contagious and can be acquired by the animal through various ways, including contact and feeding.An infected animal would die from 8 to 12 hours after the bacteria is acquired.
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