Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "viruses"

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    • Agri workers, fisherfolk, vets exempted from quarantine 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D.; Tupas, Emmanuel (BusinessWorld, March 26, 2020, on page S1/9)
      Agriculture workers and veterinarians have been included in the list of exemptions from the mandatory home quarantine imposed by the government in Luzon to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a ...

    • Is climate change killing American starfish? 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, October 2, 2015, on page S3/5)
      In recent years, millions of the starfish, also called sea stars, have had their legs curl up and pull away from their bodies, breaking the animals to pieces before they turn to mush, often in a matter of days. Scientists ...

    • New methods could control fish disease 

      Villamor, Marites S. (BusinessWorld, January 28, 2010, on page S1/8)
      Scientists at the Iloilo-based Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) have developed methods and vaccines to control the viral nervous necrosis disease in economically ...

    • White shrimp testing requires single protocol 

      (BusinessWorld, April 15, 2005, on page S1/8)
      The National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC) has asked the Bureau of Fisheries and Natural Resources (BFAR) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to implement a ...