After difficult weeks, the outbreaks of bird flu seems to slow down. The bill, however, for the Veneto poultry sector it is high with over 250 outbreaks from Verona to Vicenza, from Padua to Rovigo, and damage estimated at no less than 500 million euros. Meanwhile, Coldiretti Veneto is following the activity of the veterinary services e efforts to contain the epidemic in order to find solutions that allow to start again as soon as possible, in safety, resuming farming activities from those areas where the outbreaks are far away.
The avian, after Italy, is now also affecting Europe and it still shows no sign of stopping, even if in recent weeks there has been a trend reversal in its diffusion curve, explained Coldiretti. The speed, but also the different ways from the past, with which the epidemic has spread testify the high pathogenicity of this virus. Consequently, the difficulty of managing this new epidemic is evident. For Coldiretti it is essential right now to find solutions, not only operational, but also economic, being fundamental, in addition to the purely health aspect, also that of solidity of the companies affected to avoid further effects to the detriment of entire territories.
Already in financial, Coldiretti obtained the extraordinary allocation of 30 million euros on supply chain funds to be allocated specifically to white meat. But the damage count, direct and indirect, is estimated at half a billion euros and it is also necessary to think about aid measures that allow companies to have the necessary liquidity. For this Coldiretti took action asking for a moratorium on mortgages. The next step will be to ask to start again by step with the activities in the affected areas, starting from the Veronese hilly area north of thehighway A4 and allow the resumption of activities also in this sensitive area, always maintaining the maximum level of attention.