African swine fever continues to spread across northern Italy via wild boars

Although there has not been any new evidence in the Lazio area near Rome since September, it has been detected in the Piedmont and Liguria regions and has increased dramatically since the turn of the year. According to the Ministry of Health, the animal disease is spreading to the west and east of the original area of infection. There were around 200 cases of African swine fever there last year; meanwhile, in early March, there will be a good 400. At the Suinicoltura Congress in Cremona at the end of February, the head of the national ASF reference laboratory, Francesco Feliziani, criticized the slow pace of animal disease control. The funds for the construction of the necessary protective fences of about 170 km flowed hesitantly and were not enough. An attempt to involve hunters and animal rights activists ...