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Swine fever: 16-20 thousand wild boars at risk Liguria-Piedmont

2022-01-17T15:06:24.856Z


(HANDLE) (ANSA) - GENOA, 17 JAN - It is estimated that between 16,000 and 20,000 wild boars are at risk of swine fever in the 114 Municipalities along the Apennine watershed between Liguria and Piedmont in which a ministerial order has prohibited the activities of trekking, mountain biking, mushroom picking, hunting and fishing, "we must prevent the virus from making the leap from wild to pig farming, a se


(ANSA) - GENOA, 17 JAN - It is estimated that between 16,000 and 20,000 wild boars are at risk of swine fever in the 114 Municipalities along the Apennine watershed between Liguria and Piedmont in which a ministerial order has prohibited the activities of trekking, mountain biking, mushroom picking, hunting and fishing, "we must prevent the virus from making the leap from wild to pig farming, a sector with 100,000 employees in Italy, which is worth between 7 and 9 billion euros". This was explained by the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti, the director of the experimental zooprophylactic institute of Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d'Aosta Angelo Ferrari and the head of the veterinary service of Alisa Roberto Moschi,at the end of a discussion table with the mayor of the metropolitan city Marco Bucci announcing a forthcoming regional ordinance with which citizens and mayors are provided with a vademecum on what can be done or not. There are 36 Ligurian municipalities involved in the ministerial order in an area that goes from Albissola to Recco, including Genoa.



"Within a couple of weeks, the ministries of health and agricultural policies will redesign the ordinance both as regards the perimeter and any exceptions. - explains Toti - Wednesday 19 January the Liguria Region will enact a regional ordinance in order to give citizens and to the mayors a vademecum on what can be done or not. It cannot be excluded that an infected wild boar may have access to unauthorized places. The monitoring plan will be completed within three weeks, including a selective culling plan, which must then be authorized by the European Community and the Government - is the road map illustrated by President Toti - We have already asked the Government for a series of compensation for the activities affected by the bans put in place ".

(HANDLE).


Source: ansa

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