Artificial
Breeding Center
by William I. Valles Jr.
Aside from the various
on-going construction projects being undertaken by the Provincial Government
to jack up the economic condition of the province, Governor Loreto Leo
Ocampos is also giving paramount concern of improving the livelihood
of Misamisnons as one of the means to attain the quest for a better
life.
To complement this effort; “The Misamis Occidental Artificial
Breeding Center (MOABC), located in Tudela town, is actively operating
to cater to the livestock and other needs of our people,” Governor
Ocampos said.
The Center provides easy access to farmers for artificial insemination
of their swine, cattle, and Carabao. Moreover, the Center gives medication
to various diseases of animals and the dispersal of piglets to farmer-beneficiaries.
MOABC was able to serve the needs of 31 livestock raisers for the month
of March, another 31 livestock raisers for the month of April, and 35
livestock raisers for the month of May of since last year. “The
number of farmer-beneficiaries getting benefits from the Center is consistently
increasing ever since,” a MOABC staff said. Most of the recipients
are residents of the different barangays in Tudela and the others were
constituents of Bonifacio, Ozamiz City, Clarin, Sinacaban, Jimenez,
Pana-on, and Aloran. Furthermore, the Center has also taken care of
the diseases of animals like the loss of appetite, scouring, pneumonia,
flu, and ephemeral fever by treating.
Currently, the Center has five (5) breeding boar and another five breeding
sow. It has also twenty-seven (27) existing piglets, nineteen (19) of
which are already weaned and ready for dispersal. With all these accomplishments,
MOABC is considered a fountain of benefits for the province's livestock
raisers.
