A Comparison of Perceptions of Estonian and Latvian Hunters With Regard to the Control of African Swine Fever.

ABSTRACT: Since the first detected African swine fever (ASF) cases in Lithuanian wild boar in 2014, the virus has occurred in many other member states of the European Union (EU), most recently in Belgium in 2018 and in Germany in 2020. Passive surveillance and various control measures are implemented as part of the strategy to stop disease spread in the wild boar population. Within this framework, hunters perform important activities, such as the removal of carcasses, fencing or hunting. Therefore, the successful implementation of these measures largely depends on their acceptability by hunters. Methods of participatory epidemiology can be used to determine the acceptance of control measures. The use of participatory methods allows the involvement of key stakeholders in the design, the implementatio

SUBMITTER: Urner N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8079805 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature