19.08.2017

The first avian influenza outbreak in the country has spread to two towns in Nueva Ecija, with over 300,000 poultry heads now being readied for culling. The confirmation was made after series of laboratory tests on specimens gathered from quail and layer chickens were conducted by the Animal Diseases Detection Laboratory. 
The farm in Jaen lost all its quail. The farm in San Isidro is a layer poultry facility of about 20,000 birds.
Culling operations have begun for the 300,000 other fowl within the one-kilometer radius.
Based on initial data, 200,000 quail, 28,000 layer chickens, 22,000 ducks and 57,000 native chickens would be culled within the one-kilometer radius.
The province of Nueva Ecija has an estimated poultry population of over six million poultry heads.