A phenomenon to be prevented
It is important that the obligations set out in the national plan to combat the spread of African swine fever are scrupulously respected on farms to maintain the Valle d'Aosta free from the disease, and how important the involvement of the entire community is to prevent this phenomenon, with simple precautions such as the ban on abandoning animal scraps and waste and the reporting of wild boar carcasses".
The meeting with Commissioner Caputo
This is what the regional councilors Carlo Marzi and Marco Carrel declared at the end of a meeting with the extraordinary commissioner for the PSA, Vincenzo Caputo, and with Marina Costa, director of the Ministry of Health.
Economic losses
“It is also important – they add – there is synergy between the Forestry Corps and the hunting world to continue the control work on wild boars too. The areas affected by Psa in fact suffer significant economic losses due to the death of animals, travel restrictions as well as the cost of control measures". The meeting highlighted the need to strengthen attention in Valle d'Aosta on the unauthorized introduction of potentially infected material (pig meat and cured meats) for which dedicated control activities are planned to be carried out jointly by the veterinary services and the police forces. order.
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