# First Filipino-made Mobile biocontainment lab to boost ASF, avian flu surveillance

> The Philippines has launched a mobile biocontainment laboratory funded with P15.95 million through the DOST program to improve African swine fever and avian flu surveillance. The unit will be deployed to resource-limited areas.

- Date: 2022-12-01 · published 2022-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16232-first-filipino-made-mobile-biocontainment-lab-to-boost-asf-avian-flu
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Better surveillance could help contain ASF and avian flu earlier in Philippine hog and poultry production, reducing the risk of large culls that would cut feed demand.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2022-10-25 | [dost.gov.ph - Pinoy-made Mobile Lab to detect animal diseases to be donated to Bukidnon](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16241-dost-gov-ph-pinoy-made-mobile-lab-to-detect-animal-diseases-to-be-donated-to.md) | -2.3% | -6.0% |
| HOGS | 2025-05-08 | [Avian influenza: a global epidemic under surveillance \| Pasteur.fr](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16000-avian-influenza-a-global-epidemic-under-surveillance-pasteur-fr.md) | -0.0% | +9.2% |
| HOGS | 2024-01-31 | [New Study Highlights Importance of Bird Flu Surveillance in Live Bird Markets \| Bird Flu \| CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16125-new-study-highlights-importance-of-bird-flu-surveillance-in-live-bird-markets.md) | -0.7% | +10.9% |
| HOGS | 2019-12-20 | [Surveillance report: Avian influenza overview August – November 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55478-surveillance-report-avian-influenza-overview-august-november-2019.md) | -1.3% | -2.5% |
| HOGS | 2017-12-07 | [First global swine disease surveillance report issued](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67365-first-global-swine-disease-surveillance-report-issued.md) | -0.0% | +6.0% |
| SBM | 2022-10-25 | [dost.gov.ph - Pinoy-made Mobile Lab to detect animal diseases to be donated to Bukidnon](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16241-dost-gov-ph-pinoy-made-mobile-lab-to-detect-animal-diseases-to-be-donated-to.md) | +3.7% | -1.1% |
| SBM | 2025-05-08 | [Avian influenza: a global epidemic under surveillance \| Pasteur.fr](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16000-avian-influenza-a-global-epidemic-under-surveillance-pasteur-fr.md) | -0.7% | +2.4% |
| SBM | 2024-01-31 | [New Study Highlights Importance of Bird Flu Surveillance in Live Bird Markets \| Bird Flu \| CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16125-new-study-highlights-importance-of-bird-flu-surveillance-in-live-bird-markets.md) | -1.0% | -9.4% |

## Sources

- sunstar.com.ph: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/first-filipino-made-mobile-biocontainment-lab-to-boost-asf-avian-flu-surveillance

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