The affirmation of the primary case of African swine fever in Lombardy, along with the hot look of the virus in Calabria and Campania, are being concerned indicators that decision for increasingly more efficient measures to struggle the unfold of the illness.
In September ISPRA resumed experimental trapping periods for the containment of untamed boar. The cutting edge lure is named PIG BRIG and has been designed to be simple to make use of and efficient.
The checks are performed within the Bosco della Partecipanza and Grange Vercellesi Herbal Park. The primary checks yielded sure effects and are a part of the operational section of the experimental venture SuINNOVA – African Swine Fever – a learn about of cutting edge applied sciences within the box for the eradication of the illness, in regards to the definition of probably the most appropriate wild boar trapping protocols to give a contribution to the battle in opposition to the illness within the quite a lot of environmental contexts concerned.
The venture is coordinated by way of the Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d’Aosta Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute and is performed in collaboration with ISPRA and the Piedmont Po Secure Spaces Control Authority.
The target of the venture is to judge the catching capability of the PIG BRIG, the manageability and flexibility with recognize to native prerequisites, the opportunity of making sure very important biosecurity prerequisites, the team of workers required, and the prices of use. The sensible wisdom received all the way through the venture can be summarized in a guide accompanied by way of coaching classes for the team of workers concerned within the trapping actions.
The PIGBRIG lure is round in form and is composed of a sq. mesh nylon internet, supported by way of bushes and/or stakes and in part anchored to the bottom by way of stakes. This kind of lure was once particularly designed to optimize wild boar captures in any environmental state of affairs (from wooded spaces, together with mountainous spaces, to swampy and/or low-lying agricultural spaces). The lure, in reality, but even so permitting a couple of captures, providing the opportunity of getting rid of whole herds in one seize, is definitely portable and may also be put in in any surroundings by way of simply two folks.
August 2023/ ISPRA/ Italy.
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