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Swine fever: cases in Alessandria increased, hunting suspended throughout the province

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ALEXANDRIA. Another case of African swine fever on a dead boar in the Ovadese area, just as the positivity of the carcasses found in Val Lemme over the weekend was confirmed. Yesterday the ASL announced that the disease is present in an ungulate found in the territory of the municipality of Tagliolo Monferrato. The first case was registered last week in nearby Ovada.

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The provincial health company informs that the liver was taken from the animal, which was then sent to the Zooprophylactic Institute of Turin: the analyzes confirmed the suspicions. The same happened for the wild boars discovered in Voltaggio: as of yesterday there is official confirmation that it is also in this case of African swine fever. “The affected areas are monitored with greater controls,” add the ASL. The fear is that the disease will spread to pig farms.

ASL Alessandria: another case of African swine fever in the Ovadese area. And there are seven

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For this reason the Ministry of Health had brought the Piedmontese municipalities where hunting was forbidden from 54 to 78, also including the Val Borbera. In the evening, however, the Region suspended hunting activities throughout the province of Alessandria.

The Ministry has also banned any agro-forestry activity in the affected areas and therefore public access. Impossible, for example, to work in the woods or even make an excursion, given – the Ministry writes – that the disease is transmissible through the movement of animals, people, vehicles and contaminated materials, including kitchen waste, shoes or clothes. , zootechnical tools and more ».

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However, it should be remembered that there is no risk of contagion for humans and pets. In the meantime, in the regional council, the councilor for health Luigi Icardi replied to a question presented by the councilor Carlo Riva Vercellotti (FdI). Thus: «We have prepared a territorial control plan for the active search for dead animals with the collaboration of the forest police and civil protection. The ASL has identified a first deposit for the carcasses of the garments found in Novi Ligure where on Monday 10 January a refrigerated container was placed for temporary storage awaiting disposal ».

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Yesterday he met with the representative associations “to agree together on the activities to be put in place to avoid consequences on the sector and the economy”.

In fact, the agricultural associations continue their pressure to prevent the livestock sector from being hit. “Our associated breeders – declares Luca Brondelli, president of Confagricoltura Alessandria – have reported to us that some slaughtering companies, industries and cooperative companies, operating outside Piedmont, have suspended the withdrawals of live pigs reared in Piedmont, even outside the infected area. . These attitudes are causing market disturbances and generating speculative phenomena that seriously damage the companies in the sector ».

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The president of Coldiretti Alessandria, Mauro Bianco, adds: «We need to stop the experimentation on selection hunting with the use of dogs for this month. To prevent the progression of the plague it is essential to minimize the movement of animals ». The Alexandrian senator Massimo Berutti (Ci) also intervenes on the matter: «The Ministry must define the ordinance with the measures to limit the spread of the disease. It will be essential to be ready to protect livestock production and, if necessary, to support producers in a concrete, effective and timely manner. However, a wide-ranging intervention for the control of wildlife is confirmed as necessary and urgent. The bill I presented to amend Law 157 of 1992 on wildlife damage is a starting point ”.

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