BUTUAN CITY – As part of strengthening the livestock sector and towards biosecurity such as the Bantay African Swine Fever (ASF) sa Barangay Program, the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) XIII in support to the National Livestock Program distributed post-training kits to 280 trained Barangay Biosecurity Officers (BBOs) of the Institute from October to November 2022.
The kit includes vacutainers, toolbox, syringes, cooler, animal markers, and pig restrainer. It was distributed throughout the provinces of Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte, and Butuan City.
This aims to aid the BBOs during their specimen collection for laboratory testing, appropriate handling of specimens and restraining techniques, and preparation of animals for collection.