THELocal Health Authority of Sassari has decided to schedule a series of training and information meetings to raise awareness among hunters on swine fever and on the measures to be adapted after killing the wild boars. The start of the 2016-2017 hunting season has been set for the next one 3th November, therefore it is getting closer and closer. Participation in these meetings will be reserved exclusively for representatives of hunting companies.
The first appointment is to Wednesday 19 October at 18 pm at the veterinary offices of Ozieri. On the same day, you can also go to Bono (Social Center of the municipal hall) and to Sassari (meeting room of the local ASL). The hunters, regardless of the territory of competence, will be given all the material necessary for the sampling required by law e it will be explained how to behave in these cases.
The exams will then be handled by the Zooprophylactic Institute of Sardinia. The collaboration of the hunting world has been defined as very valuable for controlling this disease and protecting farms, without forgetting the revision of the infected areas. We will also try to exclude the presence of trichinellosis, which house the pathology that is linked to the consumption of meats that have not been controlled.