Raise the level of passive surveillance in both wild and domestic pig populations, consolidate the national alert system, medium-long term strategies for managing the wild boar population.
These are some points included in the Surveillance and Eradication Plan for African Swine Fever 2024, published on the Ministry of Health website.
In recent days, in a joint meeting between the Ministry of Health and Agriculture, three sub-commissioners were appointed.
The Plan also aims "to strengthen the biosecurity system in pig farms and continue communication/information/training activities for stakeholders".
Furthermore, "in the territories affected by the disease, the measures aimed at eradicating swine fever include containing the infection in the infected areas, progressively reducing the area of viral circulation, and avoiding its spread to the pig population".
In particular, we read, "the planned activities are the strengthening of passive surveillance, the active search for wild boar carcasses, the limitation and regulation of outdoor activities that may influence the movements of potentially infected wild boar populations, determining their removal and relative risk of spreading the virus, the creation of adequate barriers to contain the wild population, active surveillance through trapping/killing of wild animals, the preventive killing of domestic pigs, the ban on the movement of live pigs and their products without prejudice to the appeal to the derogation regime provided for by the regulations in force, an adequate communication and information campaign to the public".
The plan, in detail, also contains indications for the management of samples and carcasses.
For 2024, the division by region and autonomous provinces is no longer expected but only the health qualification of the area.
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