CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro: The Provincial Veterinarian's Office (PVet) and local hog raisers here have denied a report that the transportation of pigs would be banned because of African swine fever (ASF) infections.

In a telephone interview on Sunday, December 10, Dr. Grimaldo Catapang of the PVet said there is no truth to the reports that a lockdown in the transport of pigs from the province was imposed or would be imposed.

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