A few days after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Negros Oriental, the Department of Agriculture immediately provided a seed fund to assist food retailers in five adversely affected municipalities.
Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala issued a memurandum order for temporary ban on the importation of animals, their products and by products originating from Paraguay.
Report submitted to the Office of Interantional des Epizooties states that there was an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Paraguay which was confirmed in a cattle farm in San Pedro Aguaray
Amista, San Pedro Paraguay last January 2, 2012.
A total of 72 units of NZI traps were installed in strategic areas of the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley to control if not eradicate Surra disease, which is considered as one of the dreadful diseases of the country affecting beneficial and economic animals such as carabao, cattle, horse, goat, sheep, swine and even dog.