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Brussels, 20th March 2018 Animal Health: How can we make wildlife and livestock live together? The Farmers’ Animal Health Services’ proposals to improve the efficiency of prevention 1
Brussels, 20th March 2018 Animal Health: How can we make wildlife and livestock live together?
The Farmers’ Animal Health Services’ proposals to improve the efficiency of prevention
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Motivations
Interactions between wildlife, domestic animals and human
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Motivations
African swine feverAujesky's diseaseBlue tongueBrucellosis ( B.abortus;B. suis biovar2)Classical swine feverEchinococcosisEpizootic haemorrhagic diseasehigh pathogène avian influenzaParatuberculosisTrichinellosisTuberculosisTularemiaWest nile disease….
Wildlife = reservoir of many diseases
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Motivations
Outbreaks => socio economic impacts for farmers
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General concerns
Wildlife surveillance is a crucial tool for the protection of the domestic and wild animals.
Complicated situation:
• Many interactions between many factors (prevalence, animal density, hunting activities, probability of infection…)
• Many variations (seasonality, animal movements, )
We need relevant informations about wildlife diseases
• Wildlife studies
• Effective Network with all the stakeholders(hunting associations, wildlife associations, research groups, farmers,
authorities)
Network
Authorities
Farmers
Hunters
Wild life associations
Animal healthorganisations
epidemiologists
Research groups
consumers
Others
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General concerns
Decisionmaking
In the interest of all the stakeholders
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General concerns
Decisionmaking
Prioritizationof pathogens
Surveillance strategy
(early warning)
Depopulationmethods
(hunting and rendering)
Fencingméthods
Zoning and compartmenta
lization
Feeding ban
EpidemiologicalStudies
Biosecurity
TRADE
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General concerns
High costs
Decisionmaking
Prioritizationof pathogens
Surveillance strategy
(early warning)
Depopulationmethods
(hunting and rendering)
Fencingméthods
Zoning and compartmenta
lization
Feeding ban
EpidemiologicalStudies
Biosecurity
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ASF as the sword of Damocles
Movement restrictions
economicdisaster
When will appear the first case?
?
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ASF as the sword of Damocles
Subventions
How to anticipate economic losses?
reduced pork production
Exportations
Fiscal measures
Mutual funds
Insurances
compartmentalization
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ASF as the sword of Damocles
How to limit the risk of ASF introduction or its spread?
• Wild boar ≠ migratory species
• Hunting adaptative behaviour among wildboar ( movements, growthof population,…)
• to reduce wild boar population:• Feeding should be prohibited• Hunting rates should be increase for several consecutive years
• No correlation between notification cases and wild boar density in an infected area
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ASF as the sword of Damocles
How to limit the risk of ASF introduction or its spread?
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Purchasing infected animals
Low biosecurity level of backyard farms swill-feeding or contaminatedfeeding should be prohibited
Waste food from affected countries, must never be dumped but destroyed under hygienic conditions. sensibilization of tourists, seasonal workers,…
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ASF as the sword of Damocles
How to limit the risk of ASF introduction or its spread?
Contact of susceptible wild boars with intectious materials(infected carcass) leads to further spread of ASF
Feeding should be prohibited
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ASF as the sword of Damocles
How to limit the risk of ASF introduction or its spread?
Pig owners Biosecurity
swill-feeding or contaminated feeding should be prohibitedPurchasing infected animalsSurveillance and notificationControlled acces of human and vehiclesFencingRendering carcasses…
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ASF as the sword of Damocles
How to limit the risk of ASF introduction or its spread?
Hunting adaptative behaviour among wildboar ( movements, growth of population,…)
Banned in infected areaOnly allowed for selected and trained hunters ( biosecurity)
Financial compenzation for venison losses
Rendering of carcasses
Installation of electric fence around the infected zone
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ASF as the sword of Damocles
How to limit the risk of ASF introduction or its spread?
Others : sensitization to the risk o ASF tourists; seasonal workers
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ASF as the sword of Damocles
How to limit the risk of ASF introduction or its spread?
Others : sensitization to the risk o ASF tourists; seasonal workers
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ASF as the sword of Damocles
How to limit the risk of ASF introduction or its spread?
Others Parking areas should be inaccessible to wild boars
Fences
No waste, no rest of food
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Conclusion
Complicated situation:
• Many interactions between many factors (prevalence, animal density, hunting activities, probability of infection…)
• Many variations (seasonality, animal movements, )
• Stakeholder collaboration is needed Taskforces
• Economic impact very worrying
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Conclusion
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