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« Reply #30 on: February 25, 2009, 11:18:16 PM »

[18 February 2009] The Philippine Department of Agriculture will set up Community-Based Early Warning Systems (CBEWS) in high risks areas to help them detect the avian influenza virus more effectively. Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) Director Davinio Catbagan said that Barangay AI Task Forces would be educated about the disease and will be trained on the reporting process for humans and poultry suspected of carrying the bird flu virus and the possible smuggling of poultry and exotic birds in their locality. The BAI will also put in place an applied veterinary epidemiology training (AVET) program to strengthen the capacity of field veterinarians at the local level. The CBEWS aims to help communities design and manage disease surveillance, conduct outbreak investigation and put to work outbreak containment measures.
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« Reply #31 on: March 03, 2009, 09:53:18 AM »

 Philippine egg industry to import more PS
[3 March 2009] The Philippine Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has given the go ahead to seven companies to import some 360,000 layer PS stocks this year from Germany, the US and Canada. The seven companies are all members of the Integrators Egg Conference of the Philippines. BAI data shows that the group imported 357,532 parent stock last year, 422,326 in 2007, 287,663 in 2006, 198,289 in 2005 and 323,533 in 2004. According to Philippine Egg Board President Gregorio San Diego, the volume imported in 2007 led to an oversupply of eggs in the country. He called on the government not to limit the importation to only some companies and allow the entry of new market players.

 
 
 
 
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« Reply #32 on: March 10, 2009, 12:47:02 AM »

10 March 2009] The Phillipine government has offered Thai businessmen the Island Garden City of Samal in the Davao Region as an ideal investment site for poultry and mariculture projects. The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the offer was made during the vist of a delegation of Thai businessmen led by Dhanin Chearavanoni, chairman and chief executive officer of Bangkok-based Charoen Pokphand Group. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and DA Secretary Arthur Yap accompanied the potential investors and showed them around a 2,000-hectare area that is ideal for a poultry project, and a sizable portion that is still available for development in the 200-hectare mariculture park. Only 20 hectares of this park has been developed by Davao-based agribusiness entrepreneurs into fish cages for bangus and other high-value marine
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« Reply #33 on: March 16, 2009, 12:36:16 AM »

Enzymes Enable You to Save a Lot in Poultry Feeds       
Written by Conrad Fontanilla     
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Poultry raisers, whether of broilers or layers, are in the right track in improving efficiency in feed conversion as a strategic move to improve the performance of the whole farm. It is because feed consumption constitutes at least 65% of the cost of production.

There are several ways to improve feed conversion efficiency, measured in terms of feed conversion ratio (FCR). But the trend now is the use of enzymes.

Enzymes occur in nature, in plants and in animals, although there are now synthetic or artificial enzymes. Natural enzymes are still the better ones, as proven by experience.

Enzymes are chemicals that break down food nutrients, or complex cells. In the saliva of man, for example, is found the enzyme fructase that breaks down the sugar fructose into sucrose and amylose.

Even microorganisms produce enzymes, which they use to digest food. Aspergillus, a fungus, produces cellulase to digest the cellulose, a hard material. Food, to be absorbed by animals or plants must be broken down into their simplest components. And enzymes are specific for this task.

Therefore, for the nutrients in poultry feeds to be absorbed by the digestive system of the chicken, they must be broken down into their simplest components. Protein is a complex chemical entity that is composed of amino acids. In nature there are about 27 amino acids, like lysine, phenylalamine, thiamine, riboflavin, folic acid, leucine, valine, etc. The carbohydrates components of the poultry feed must be broken down into the simplest sugar molecules like amylose and fructose.

To breakdown simply means to dissolve the cell walls of plant tissues, according to Marissa Dacay-Roldan in her doctoral dissertation "Anatomical and Biochemical Mechanism of Tissue Hardening in Heat-treated ‘Solo’ Papaya fruits', she submitted to the graduate school of the University of the Philippines Los Baños in 1997. When the cell wall is dissolved, the nutrients become available for absorption by the small intestines. You can compare this process with your experience when you put a capsule of medicine, say ampicin, inside your mouth for a long time. The enzyme in your saliva, dissolves the capsule (analogous to the cell wall) and you will feel in your tongue the granules that taste bitter, which is analogous to the nutrient.

In short, feed efficiency consists in the capability to break down food nutrients in their simplest forms and incorporate them into body tissues, in the case of hogs and poultry.

At different stages of its life cycle, chicken produces different enzymes in its gut. During its early growth stages, it lacks several enzymes because its digestive systems had not yet fully been developed. That is why at this stage, there is a need to supplement enzymes, like cellulase (for cellulose), amylase (for carbohydrates) and lipase (for fats).

Enzymes are added to commercial or pre-formulated feeds. Or incorporated into the feeds during the manufacture of customized formulated feeds.

Enzymes have revolutionized feed formulation in that one can now caluculate for the amount of amino acids (simples components of proteins) not just the crude protein content, which is the traditional method, according to Benjamin Bombay, an animal scientist (graduate of the University of the Philippines Los Baños), who is consultant to several poultry raisers and feed millers.

Enzymes are probiotics, in contrast to antibiotics. The trend now in the livestock industry is the application of probiotics as a way to ensure growth and good health condition, according to Dr. Armando Dumlao, a professor at the Don Mariano Marcos State University in Bacnotan, La Union, specialized in animal science. The main reason is that antibiotic ingested via animal and poultry meat or by-products have adverse side effects to man, like becoming immune to antibiotics.

Foreign countries initiated the use of probiotics-enzymes-and most of the enzymes in the local livestock and poultry are imported. Filipino scientist and inventors have acquired the knowledge and technology in the production of enzymes.

Single-celled organisms are good in producing enzymes, like Aspergillus (a fungus), Lactobacillus (a bacteria) and Saccharomyces (a yeast). In fact, they might be the best producers of enzymes because they produce specific enzymes. That is if you want to produce cellulase, you must raise Aspergillus. In contrast, if you use fruits, like papaya as your source of enzyme, you get different enzymes at different stages of the fruit, especially during its ripening stage. The result is that you get a mix of enzymes that may have contradicting actions-unpredictable and uncertain.

In the local market, enzyme products come in liquid or powder form. A Filipino product is sold in the market under the brand Fedgrozyme Forte. Fedgrozyme Forte contains amylase, proteinase, lipase, cellulase and live microorganisms of Aspergillus, Lactobacillus and Saccharomyces. Fedgrozyme Forte is manufactured by Novatech Agri-food Industries, owned and managed by Ronaldo A. Sumaoang, a Filipino-scientist-inventor, graduate of the university of the Philippines, Los baños, who had toured large fermetation plants in Japan and taken advanced studies in enzymology in Germany.

According to Benjie Bombay, Fedgrozyme Forte increases feed conversion efficiency and saves at least 15 percent in feed consumption.

With Fedgrozyme Forte incorporated in feeds, a layer hen that formerly consumed 110 grams of feeds per day now consumes 95 to 97 grams per bird per day only, according to Albert Alquiros, manager/owner of San Martin Poultry located in Gulang-gulang, Lucena City.

That translates to a savings of about 15 bags of feeds per day for 60,000 egglayers that have produced mostly medium and large size eggs. These 60,000 layers (Babcock) and 14,000 growers consume 8 tons of feeds per day. Their egg production efficiency has been maintained at a high level of 77% to 95%, Alquiros said during an interview on July 31, 1999. (Anyway, egg production varies with the age of layers.)

Before adopting Fedgrozyme Forte, Mr. Alquiros used to give 105 to 115 grams of feed per bird per day. Now he manufactures his own feeds, incorporated with Fedgrozyme Forte. Of course, he still supplies vitamins and minerals and maintains good cultural practices.

Fedgrozyme Forte is sold at 1, 5 and 25 kilo packs. It is applied at 1.0 to 1.5 kilos per ton of feeds.

Two layer raisers whose farms are located in Bangka-bangka Victoria, Laguna visited the San Martin Farm on July 31, 1999 with the view of adopting Alquiros’s feeding practice. The twosomes are Eric Conrado Yutoc (with 10,000 layers) and Bobot Villaluz (with 15,000 layers).

Bobot Lorico, whose layer farm is located in Luisiana, Laguna, has just recently switched to feeds incorporated with Fedgrozyme Forte. The feed consumption went down from 110 grams to 95 grams per bird per day. His savings in feeds translates to about 39,000 pesos per month for his present flock of 10,000. Egg production also increased. He is now set to raise his own egglaying stock to ensure their good health condition and performance, using feeds laced with Fedgrozyme Forte.

Lorico is familiar with commercial feed brands because he was a veterinary and poultry farm supply agent who learned the poultry raising trade. Having supplied the right products to his clients and having advised them to success, he then put up his own farm.

The performance of Fedgrozyme Forte is shown by the birds themselves, Benjie Bombay says. The method to measure feed consumption is easy enough.

Give the feeds ad libitum – that is, do not withdraw it, says Mr. Bombay. The bird itself will limit its feeding voluntarily. In early rationing, if the birds do not consume all feeds given in the trough, lessen the next rationing. You do not need to remove the leftovers before giving the new ration. If all the feeds had been consumed before the lights of the day were out, increase the ration next day. If all feeds were consumed too early in the day, you add some more for the same day, Benjie says. With trials lie these, you will arrive at a close average of day-to-day feed consumption.

Alquiros, keeps daily records of feed consumption, which Villaluz and Yutoc saw to their satisfaction. The two made arrangements with Alquiros for them to adopt his feeding system.

"Based on the results of the study, birds fed with Fedgrozyme Forte showed four percent improvement on hen-day egg production, egg weight increased by about 0.33 gram, 4.76% better FCR and 4.77% lesser feed cost per dozen egg produced over those layers of the control groups," reported Dr. Armando Dumlao of his study 1. "The Effect of Fedgrozyme on the Performance of Layers (Babcock)".

Source: Marid Agribusiness Digest, February, 2000
 
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« Reply #34 on: March 18, 2009, 03:21:21 AM »

Poultry Outlook 2009
To further shed light on the development and outlook of poultry industry, we recently talked to Aziz Sacranie, the Technical Director of the Poultry Division of Alltech, a leading animal health company. Sacranie used to teach poultry science at the university college in the UK before he worked in multinational agricultural companies. Since the early ’70s, he has been traveling and observing the poultry business in the Asia Pacific region and is very familiar with the development of the Philippine poultry industry. He has visited companies like Purefoods, Vitarich, San Miguel and RFM and has helped in the management and the poultry divisions of the said companies.

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How has the poultry industry evolved in Asia over the last 10 years?
I think it has come from being mere small producers to a consolidated type of production. In other words, the global poultry industry has developed in this format. You have a situation where many people think that there’s money to be made in poultry so they say, we’ll go poultry farming. They start going into that and they find that their margins are very narrow. This means that they have to increase their number of units. However, because you have the volume, you have a larger profit share. This means that if you’re going to be big, you have to consolidate. So the small companies don’t survive. And this has been the trend across Asia and even globally. In some countries it’s slower, in other countries, it’s faster.


What about in terms of technology?
I think over the last 10 years technology has been geared towards genetic improvements. This has been phenomenal. If you’ll look at the growth rate, if you look at the Feeds Conversion Rate(FCR), it has just come down. However, the industry has not been able to get the full genetic potential. So I think the next thing I would say that happened over the last ten years has been that Asia has gone to a closed house farming. In other words, they put their chickens inside their house an they’re controlling the environment there. MOst of the broilers and parent stock are now in kept in houses that are tunnel ventilated with evaporative cooling system in order to bring the temperature down. What does that mean? It means we can improve our livability. This means less heat stress. It means that we can put more birds per square meter.

What are your observations about the poultry business in the Philippines?
In the Philippines, you’re still in the broiler phase, you’re still not really down there. But there’s a huge potential in the Philippines for companies to improve performance and improve profitability through volume production by using this kind of housing. The technology is there and it’s not a difficult technology. The companies that are using it to their benefit. There a few of them. A lot of breeder farms are in control environment houses but in broiler production, most of there are still open house. So you have seasonal problems.

Let’s talk about the changes that happened in poultry nutrition?
The breed has changed. Genetic potential has changed. Therefore the nutrients required also changed. Imagine this, in 1960, if you look at the incubation period of a broiler chick, it’s 21 days and then it took 56 days to get to market weight or maybe longer. Today, for the same weight, it only takes 42 days. So when you think about it, 50% of the chick’s life is in the embryonic stage or in incubation. So the kind of nutrition that you give them, is you have to think about the survivability of the embryo as well as the survivability of the chick that is going to the farm. So I guess the  greatest understanding we’ve had is how do we feed the parent that will allow us to transfer nutrients into the chick so that the chick will be viable and it will hatch out and it won’t die on you on the way to the farm. So our understanding of neo-natal nutrition has improved in a great way. The other area that we have understood better nutritionally is how to ensure the integrity of the intestinal tract. Again, if you consider that the biggest organ in a chicken’s body is the gut. So if you can look after the gut, you can look after everything. So we have a better understanding of the gut. How to develop it, how to maintain it, how to prevent damage to it.

And your forecast for the poultry industry?
I must say there is a bright future for the chicken industry but like I said, it has to consolidate in order to remain viable. We have to keep the prices at its lowest as possible. You have to keep the prices at its lowest as possible. You have to use economies of scale in order to actually produce this.

Production and Market Trends Affecting the Broiler Industry :
- Increased production of commercial sector
- Competition among big supermarkets driving margins in the sector. Per capita consumption is low compared to other countries
- Emphasis on convenience and ease of preparation - chicken rotisseries, processed chicken products
- Relative price of other protein substitutes
- Supply and disease concerns of other meat products

World Broiler Market in 2008 :
- Total world production is projected to grow 2% and exports are Total world production is projected to grow 2% and exports are expected to grow 4%.
- China is forecasted to import 9% more as domestic pork supply in China is forecasted to import 9% more as domestic pork supply in the country is tight. Since poultry is widely substituted for the country is for pork meat and poultry meat, prices are lower compared to pork, the country and poultry meat prices are lower compared to pork, the country is seen to bring in more poultry meat. The Beijing Olympics is also seen to bring in more poultry meat. The Beijing Olympics is also expected to spur demand.
- Russian imports will remain unchanged especially with their customs regulations which raised minimum prices of poultry.
_ Japanese importation will also remain constant. Preferred supplier is now China due to it lowered prices for grilled yakitori.
- EU importation from Brazil will also decrease due to quantitative restrictions imposed by EU on Brazilian salted chicken meat.

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« Reply #35 on: March 24, 2009, 12:51:24 AM »

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Producers Seek to Postpone Free Trade
PHILIPPINES - Poultry and pig farmers want the start of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) to be postponed in the light of the current global economic situation.



The Philippines is reportedly pushing for the delay of the full implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) in light of the current global economic recession, according to Philippines Star.

Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila has been talking to his ASEAN counterparts about delaying the full implementation of the AFTA by January 2010.

As agreed under AFTA, the Philippines and its ASEAN partners must bring down to between zero and five percent all tariff covers.

While most of the other ASEAN signatories to the AFTA are reportedly receptive to the delay, Singapore is opposed to any change in the timetable and is supposedly pushing for the implementation of the agreement as scheduled.

Unfortunately for the Philippines, several industries in the agriculture sector are still not ready for competition.

According to Gregorio San Diego of the United Broilers and Raisers Association (UBRA) and Albert Lim of the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI), the poultry, egg and hog industries, as well as the rice sector, are still not ready for the full implementation of AFTA by January 2010.

In an interview with The Star, Mr San Diego and Mr Lim expressed their joint concern about the fast approaching implementation of AFTA in 10 months.

Mr San Diego said that the poultry and egg sector is asking President Arroyo to take action now and declare a 'moratorium' on the implementation of the AFTA agreement.

He added that the Philippine poultry and egg sector cannot still effectively complete against Thailand and Malaysia, which are major exporters of poultry. The Philippine poultry and egg sectors should be placed in the sensitive list along with rice, he said.

He explained to The Star that, while Malaysia and Thailand may still be affected by the bird flu virus, they would eventually recover and the Philippines would be swamped with Thai and Malaysian poultry and egg exports.

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« Reply #36 on: April 13, 2009, 05:48:25 AM »

[10 April 2009] The Philippines has temporarily banned importation of poultry and poultry products from Japan and the Czech Republic following confirmation of cases of low pathogenic avian influenza in the two countries. Meanwhile, the ban on poultry imports from the state of Idaho in the US was lifted after the OIE has validated the report of the state’s National Surveillance Unit Epidemiologist that the bird flu had been eradicated in the area. The Philippine Bureau of Animal Industry said the risk of contamination from importing poultry and poultry products from Idaho is “negligible.”
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« Reply #37 on: April 13, 2009, 05:54:34 AM »

9 April 2009] Philippine poultry producers are looking to export chicken products to South Korea by the end year. Local poultry raisers are currently working to meet the requirements of the South Korean government. The Philippine government is working to develop new markets like South Korea to help the local industry survive the global economic crunch. South Korea is considered a big market which could rival the huge Japanese market, to which the Philippines is already exporting its poultry products.
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« Reply #38 on: May 06, 2009, 10:24:44 AM »

New Producer Group Formed
PHILIPPINES - The Governor of Negros Occidental has formed a new producers' group, Negros Occidental Poultry Raisers Association.



Governor Isidro Zayco organized the Negros Occidental Poultry Raisers Association at a meeting of stakeholders at the Capitol in Bacolod City on 4 May, reports Visayan Daily Star.

The officers are Manuel Puey (president), George Baterna (vice president, north), Bonnie Ta-ala (vice president, central), Caroll Jack Guanco (vice president, south), Primo Esleyer (secretary) and Henry Yap (treasurer).

The Board of Directors is composed of the officers and Fernando Cuenca for the broiler sector, Eriberto Sevilleno for the layer and Rebecca Samonte for free-range producers.

Governor Zayco said the organisation should be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and accredited by the provincial government so support can be given to the association.

The group was organised to promote food security in the province, he explained.

Mr Puey told Visayan Daily Star that, as an association, they can finalise the roster of their members and collectively air their concerns.

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« Reply #39 on: June 18, 2009, 08:40:29 AM »

Farmers to Get Help to Meet New Regulations
PHILIPPINES - The Agriculture Department is to help the poultry sector meet environment and local regulations.



BusinessWorld reports that the Agriculture department will help poultry growers meet requirements of the Environment department and local governments.

The official statement also quoted Agriculture Assistant Secretary, Salvador S. Salacup, as saying, "We have asked the poultry sector to itemise the list of their concerns so that we can help them coordinate with the Environment department and other concerned government agencies regarding new requirements."

In a meeting with Environment officials last week, poultry stakeholders led by Gregorio A. San Diego, Jr., president of the United Broiler Raisers Association (UBRA) raised concerns like stiff requirements for permits and clearances and sudden changes in local government zoning ordinances. Mr San Diego said these factors increase their operating costs.

"Our members have a hard time getting environmental compliance certificates (ECC)," Mr San Diego said.

Julian D. Amador, director of the Environmental Management Bureau, said during the meeting that securing an ECC should not require expensive studies.

Moreover, he said: "We will streamline the issuance of the ECC to three weeks from 75 to 120 days. We want that by July."

"I have already talked to poultry raisers and I told them to write their concerns in paper for me to answer it. They should cite their concerns and then we can come out with policies," Mr Amador said.

UBRA's Mr San Diego said the poultry industry is also weighed by "double taxation" due to local government "passage tax," which requires poultry firms to pay a certain amount when passing through an area.

BusinessWorld cites Bureau of Agricultural Statistics data that in the first quarter, output of the poultry sector, which accounts for 15.18 per cent of total agriculture production, rose 4.08 per cent to 12.837 billion pesos compared to the same period last year.


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« Reply #40 on: July 01, 2009, 12:08:09 AM »

30 June 2009] Backyard poultry raisers and big corporate poultry raisers are reacting differently to the impending full implementation of the Asean Free Trade Agreement (AFTA ) in 2010. United Broiler Raisers Association President Gregorio San Diego said backyard raisers are holding back on expansion plans, while big integrators like San Miguel Corporation (SMC) are expanding in preparation for the AFTA. He said small raisers are holding back on expansion plans on fears that the AFTA next year would flood the market with imported chicken. On the other hand, big producers like SMC are apparently seeing an opportunity to possibly increase their poultry product exports because the country remains free of the avian influenza. Meanwhile the decision of backyard farmers to limit production is keeping local chicken prices high with live prices now at PHP 88 (USD 1.83)/kg, while retail prices have hovered around PHP 130 (USD 2.70)/kg.
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« Reply #41 on: July 02, 2009, 08:16:06 AM »

[2 July 2009] Retail prices of chicken in the Philippines has risen almost 25% in a month as chicken supply is down due to low feed quality and the raisers' hesitation to increase production. Businessworld reported that the Philippine Association of Supermarkets Inc said that the price of chicken has gone up from PHP 105-110 (USD 2.19-2.29)/kg in May to PHP 130 (USD 2.71)/kg by end-June. United Broiler Raisers Association President Gregorio San Diego confirmed that there is “a problem in production,” as the birds growth are delayed due to the poor quality of the corn and soya used in feeds. Meanwhile, most farmers are reluctant to increase their production volume as they wait for the effects of the implementation of the AFTA in January 2010 which many raisers feel will cause an influx of cheaper imported products into the market.
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« Reply #42 on: July 26, 2009, 12:13:07 PM »

[24 July 2009] Chicken prices in the Philippines are expected to go down to around PHP 110-120 (USD 2.28-2.49)/kg after farm prices fell this week. Bureau of Animal Industry Director Davinio Catbagan said farm prices fell  by an average of PHP 20 (USD 0.42)/kg earlier this week because of a “confluence of factors.” Farm prices dropped from PHP 92-94 (USD 1.91-1.95)/kg some three weeks ago to PHP 72-74 (USD 1.49-1.54)/kg as of July 21. He said the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Trade and Industry are closely monitoring wet markets around the country to make sure that retail prices reflect the price drop. Dr Catbagan noted that the drop is supply driven, brought about by improved farm production efficiency and increase in birds’ harvest weight.
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« Reply #43 on: September 04, 2009, 08:16:51 AM »

3 September 2009] The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted its temporary ban on imports of birds, poultry and poultry products from Germany and Japan, after the Office Internationale des Epizooties declared both countries free of avian influenza (AI). The DA banned imports from Germany in November 2008 after the discovery of non-lethal low pathogenic AI at Leipzig Zoo, while imports from Japan were banned beginning February 2009 after  an outbreak of the low-pathogenic AI in Aichi province. Data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics show that last year, the Philippines imported  112.27 tonnes valued at USD 291,731 and 12.84 tonnes valued at USD 5,366 of poultry and poultry preparations from Japan and Germany, respectively.
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« Reply #44 on: October 08, 2009, 09:05:33 AM »

7 October 2009] Philippine poultry raisers in Central Luzon and Rizal Province, two major poultry producing regions, are among those severely affected by Typhoon Ketsana which hit the Philippines in the latter part of September. United Broiler Raisers Association (UBRA) Chairman Gregorio San Diego said his organisation and the Department of Agriculture (DA) are now assessing the damage caused by the floods—the worst in the country in over 40 years—on the poultry sector in Luzon. Depending on extent of the damage, the Philippines may consider importation of chicken, particularly for the holiday season. In 2006, when the Philippines was hit by another major typhoon, chicken production fell short by 5000 tonnes of chicken
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