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SGE ASF11

11th meeting of the Standing Groups of Experts on African Swine Fever in Europe

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The SGE ASF11 took place on 24 and 25 September 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. It was attended by all of the member countries, axs well as by 13 observer countries. Bulgaria and Belgium were included in the list of SGE ASF countries following the recent confirmation of African swine fever in these countries.

Presentations focused on:

  • countries’ situation since the SGE ASF10 (Paris, May 2018);
  • the level of preparedness of the countries from South-East Europe not yet infected but at high risk of getting infected, based on the result of an ad-hoc questionnaire;
  • an in depth review of the current knowledge on wild boar: ecology of wild boars (Tomasz Podgorski), experience of hunters (Linda Dombrovska), update on the domestic / wild interface in ASF infected areas (Alexey Igolkin), update on ASF epidemiology in European wild boar (Vittorio Guberti);
  • an FAO regional project (TCP) for ASF preparedness in the Balkans (Daniel Beltran-Alcrudo).

 

The SGE ASF11 approved recommendations focusing particularly on the proper management of wild boars in infected or not yet infected areas.

It was also decided that the ‘Handbook on African Swine Fever in wild boar and biosecurity during hunting’ should be made available without any further delay, as a living document to be updated as often as necessary.

Key documents

Agenda, List of participants