The number of pig deaths hit 10.8 percent of the Negros Occidental’s hog population on Sunday, June 25, a Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) report said.
The total fatalities on Sunday were 14,430 pigs causing losses of P162,607,500, the PVO reported.
There were 142 new pig deaths on Saturday and 126 on Sunday.
The hog raisers affected are 2,882 in 142 barangays in 17 out of 31 local government units in Negros Occidental.*