In Sweden, the alarm has been sounded after African swine fever has been found in wild boars. It is the first time that the serious disease has been detected in the Nordic region.
An area of 800 square meters has been cordoned off around Västmanland and Dalarna.
– We will introduce extremely serious restrictions and people in the area will notice that, says state veterinarian Erika Chenais at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, SVA.
Concern is spreading among the lolkal population in Fagersta, write The Express.
– It is a disaster, it feels almost unreal, says Per Granström, who was part of the hunting team that found the first dead wild boar.
Huge area is blocked off
– Var i live
It was on 25 August that the hunter Per Granström discovered a dead wild boar in a ditch just outside Fagersta.
– It was actually alive when we found it. But we saw at once that it was not a healthy animal. It just lay there and twitched its hooves a little. Wild animals run away when you get close, but this one showed no signs of running and we euthanized it, says Per Granström to Expressen.
Seven wild boars have been found dead in an area in Fagersta, and the test results show that one of them was affected by African swine fever.
However, the Norwegian Veterinary Medical Institute, SVA, suspects that all the animals died in the wake of swine fever, writes The evening paper.
Granström says that his first thought when he saw the animal was that it had been hit by a car, but shortly afterwards another dead wild boar was found in the area. And after that a further five have been found.
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Increased preparedness
Norway has for a long time had increased preparedness for African swine fever, which is one of the most serious diseases for both wild boar and domestic pigs, writes The Veterinary Institute in a message.
There is a very high mortality among infected animals, therefore it is obvious that both the animal health and animal welfare consequences of this disease are very large, writes the institute.
– Whether the infection that has been detected in Sweden increases the probability that the disease will reach Norway, and to what extent it does so, depends, among other things, on how the infection was introduced to Sweden, and how widespread it managed to become before it was now discovered , says veterinarian and subject manager for pigs at the Veterinary Institute Carl Andreas Grøntvedt.
2023-09-07 23:03:58
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