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PCC distributes Italian dairy buffaloes to Ilocos farmers

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By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter

Laoag City—The Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) is set to release at least 42 dairy buffaloes to 13 pre-selected farmer-trustees in various towns of Ilocos Norte.

Grace Marjorie Recta, PCC regional center director said the buffaloes are part of the 1,252 Italian Mediterranean dairy buffaloes that PCC imported from Italy in November last year.

They were selected from two dairy buffalo associations in the central and northern part of Italy, namely, the Associazione Esportatori Di Bestiame (AEBO) and Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Specie Bufalina (ANASB).

Twenty-two are bulls while the rest are heifers.

The herd arrived in the country in November and underwent the mandatory quarantine at PCC’s quarantine area at Lomboy, San Jose City in Nueva Ecija starting November 11 in compliance with existing animal health regulations.

The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) lifted the quarantine on January 24, paving the way for the release of the animals.

In Ilocos Norte, the recipients are qualified small-hold farmers who are members of cooperatives and associations organized by the agency in 2009 and 2010.

Prior to the distribution on November 20 at Brgy. San Mateo in Batac City, the farmer-trustees attended trainings and have complied with their required counterparts needed in carabao production, such as animal sheds, forage areas and guarantee fund.

“Each trustee can avail of 2-5 heads because it would be unprofitable if they only have one,” Ms. Recta said.


The 13 recipients for the Italian dairy buffaloes are from Batac City and the towns of Dingras, Marcos, San Nicolas and Solsona.
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