00:00The Department of Agriculture has decided to take action to reduce the possible shortage in egg supply and increase its price in the second half of the year.
00:12According to Agriculture Secretary Francisco T. Laurel Jr., there were losses in the poultry industry last year
00:19due to the effect of the bird flu where millions of egg-laying chickens had to be killed.
00:26In addition, the oversupply and low demand of eggs was also affected by local producers last year.
00:33Although there is no widespread bird flu outbreak in the country,
00:37it is possible that there will be an egg supply shortage in April.
00:43For now, the D.A. is rushing to import egg-laying chickens
00:49and is pushing for an early approval of the Avian Influenza Vaccine by the Food and Drug Administration.
00:56The target of the government is to start a wide-ranging vaccination against bird flu by March.
