Survey of wild boar hunter interactions with pig farming in central Europe.

Autor: Jánoska F; Institute of Wildlife Biology and Management, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary., Nagy E; Institute of Wildlife Biology and Management, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary., Tari T; Institute of Wildlife Biology and Management, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary., Nagy RR; Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary., Halász T; One Health Working Group, Department of Physiology and Animal Health, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Science, Kaposvár, Hungary.; Zselic Wildlife Estate, SEFAG Forestry and Wood Industry LLC, Kaposvár, Hungary., Varga G; Zselic Wildlife Estate, SEFAG Forestry and Wood Industry LLC, Kaposvár, Hungary., Kovács M; One Health Working Group, Department of Physiology and Animal Health, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Science, Kaposvár, Hungary., Kemenszky P; Somogy County Hunters' Chamber, Hungarian Hunters' National Chamber, Kaposvár, Hungary., Nagy G; Department of Physiology and Animal Health, Agribiotechnology and Precision Breeding for Food Security National Laboratory, Institute of Physiology and Nutrition, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár, Hungary., Csivincsik Á; One Health Working Group, Department of Physiology and Animal Health, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Science, Kaposvár, Hungary.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Veterinary medicine and science [Vet Med Sci] 2023 Jan; Vol. 9 (1), pp. 465-470. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 14.
DOI: 10.1002/vms3.1030
Abstrakt: African swine fever (ASF) is a fatal animal disease without zoonotic potential but greatly impacts human well-being, especially in the most vulnerable human communities. In Europe, ASF concerns mostly the wildlife domain of health. The main vector of the disease is confirmed to be the wild boar, though long-distance jumps of the infection are due to anthropogenic effects. This study aimed to evaluate the potential role of hunting assistant personnel (beaters and carcass handlers) in ASF spread in Hungary. Based on a personal interview survey, we attempted to identify the epidemiological risk caused by hunting activities and the hunting personnel. The interviews with 58 hunting workers confirmed that an extent backyard pig sector (13 pig farmers) and pork production system (31 pork producers) existed within the study region out of the authorities' sight. Two pig farmers did not wear special working clothes for pig caring, seven pork producers disposed of slaughter offal in the settlements periphery, and six persons regularly contacted distant pig farms. The revealed knowledge, attitude, and practice of the questioned pig farmers suggested that this sector would be very vulnerable in an epidemic situation; moreover, backyard farms would cause a great risk for wildboar populations. Considering that the study region is the third poorest region of Hungary, these findings called attention to the high epidemiologic risk of socioeconomic inequality between different regions within the European Union.
(© 2022 The Authors. Veterinary Medicine and Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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