African swine fever in wild boar
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EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
More, Simon
Miranda, Miguel Angel
Bicout, Dominique
Bøtner, Anette
Butterworth, Andrew
Calistri, Paolo
Edwards, Sandra
Garin-Bastuji, Bruno
Good, Margaret
Michel, Virginie
Raj, Mohan
Nielsen, Søren Saxmose
Sihvonen, Liisa
Spoolder, Hans
Stegeman, Jan Arend
Willeberg, Preben
Winckler, Christoph
Depner, Klaus
Guberti, Vittorio
Masiulis, Marius
Olsevskis, Edvins
Satran, Petr
Spiridon, Mihaela
Thulke, Hans-Hermann
Vilrop, Arvo
Wozniakowski, Grzegorz
Bau, Andrea
Broglia, Alessandro
Abrahantes, José Cortiñas
Dhollander, Sofie
Gogin, Andrey
Muñoz Gajardo, Irene
Verdonck, Frank
Amato, Laura
Gortázar Schmidt, Christian
Fecha de publicación
2018-07-11ISSN
1831-4732
Resumen
The European Commission requested EFSA to compare the reliability of wild boar density estimates across the EU and to provide guidance to improve data collection methods. Currently, the only EU-wide available data are hunting data. Their collection methods should be harmonised to be comparable and to improve predictive models for wild boar density. These models could be validated by more precise density data, collected at local level e.g. by camera trapping. Based on practical and theoretical considerations, it is currently not possible to establish wild boar density thresholds that do not allow sustaining African swine fever (ASF). There are many drivers determining if ASF can be sustained or not, including heterogeneous population structures and human-mediated spread and there are still unknowns on the importance of different transmission modes in the epidemiology. Based on extensive literature reviews and observations from affected Member States, the efficacy of different wild boar population reduction and separation methods is evaluated. Different wild boar management strategies at different stages of the epidemic are suggested. Preventive measures to reduce and stabilise wild boar density, before ASF introduction, will be beneficial both in reducing the probability of exposure of the population to ASF and the efforts needed for potential emergency actions (i.e. less carcass removal) if an ASF incursion were to occur. Passive surveillance is the most effective and efficient method of surveillance for early detection of ASF in free areas. Following focal ASF introduction, the wild boar populations should be kept undisturbed for a short period (e.g. hunting ban on all species, leave crops unharvested to provide food and shelter within the affected area) and drastic reduction of the wild boar population may be performed only ahead of the ASF advance front, in the free populations. Following the decline in the epidemic, as demonstrated through passive surveillance, active population management should be reconsidered.
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Artículo
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Versión publicada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
636 - Explotación y cría de animales. Cría del ganado y de animales domésticos
Páginas
78
Publicado por
Wiley
Publicado en
EFSA Journal
Citación
More, Simon, Miguel Angel Miranda, Dominique Bicout, Anette Bøtner, Andrew Butterworth, Paolo Calistri, and Sandra Edwards et al. 2018. "African Swine Fever In Wild Boar". EFSA Journal 16 (7). Wiley. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5344.
Program
Benestar Animal
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