The words of Gratarola and Piana
The Ligurian regional council, on the proposal of the vice president with responsibility for agriculture Alessandro Piana and the councilor for health Angelo Gratarola, modified some points of resolution no. 938/2022 on the management of heads of feral pigs killed during hunting operations, control and depopulation in restricted zone I for African swine fever. “We intend to streamline and clear the procedures to encourage the actions of the personnel in charge and of the hunters in the performance of their duties – explains the vice president Alessandro Piana -.
Plague eradication
All to make the prescriptions adopted for the eradication of African swine fever more effective and suitable for the context and for the achievement of the quota established for containment". “The topic is particularly important because it has agricultural impacts, public safety and can also have them on the pig market – declares the councilor for health Angelo Gratarola -.
Containment plan
These measures go in the wake of streamlining the procedures for the containment plan in full compliance with health standards". Among these, in particular, the insertion of the carcasses in resistant and waterproof bags or tanks before leaving the hunting area and not at the time of recovery is envisaged, facilitating operations in inaccessible places, the disinfection of transport vehicles only once end of the hunting day and the cleaning and disinfection of the freezers in case they contained infected carcasses, as well as the cold rooms.