Veterinary public health

Description

The Provincial Veterinary Service is the technical body responsible for monitoring, verifying, coordinating and planning the activities of the veterinary services operating in the Province of Bolzano. It is responsible for drawing up provincial legal rules and verifying the correct application of Community, national and provincial rules concerning the veterinary sector by official veterinarians, hygiene inspectors and other control bodies operating in the Province of Bolzano. The company veterinary service, on the other hand, has the task of correctly applying the rules at provincial level and is divided into two sectors: animal health and hygiene of the production, storage and marketing of food of animal origin. In accordance with Legislative Decree No 3 of 12 January 1983, as amended, the first sector ensures supervision and checks on animals, health authorisations, places and buildings where animals are housed and concentrated, the methods and means of transport and transit of animals, their movement within and outside the Community and the production, processing and distribution of products intended for animals (feed); It also monitors the hygiene of animal reproduction, the use of veterinary medicines and the protection of animals. The second sector, on the other hand, ensures the hygienic and health protection of food of animal origin; It is also responsible for supervising slaughter activities and facilities, facilities for the collection and disposal of animal waste and scrap, and rendering plants. To ensure veterinary activity throughout the Province, the company's Veterinary Service, which has its headquarters in Bolzano, uses reference operational units at the health districts of Merano, Bressanone and Brunico. Animal disease prophylaxis and recovery plans were carried out in 2015 for bovine tuberculosis (TB), bovine and ovine-caprine brucellosis, brucella ovis, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), swine vesicular disease, swine fever, Aujeszky’s disease, enzootic bovine leukosis, BVD/MD bovine viral diarrhoea (antibodies and viruses), Blue Tongue, caprine arthritis encephalitis virus disease (CAEV), Maedi Visna virus disease, paratuberculosis, viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) of fish. In addition to serological tests on animals, individual farms were also checked, conducting specific tests on tanker milk. In 2015, about 76,000 analyses were carried out on cattle, 22,000 on sheep and goats and 3,000 on pigs for the prevention of infectious diseases. The Province of Bolzano also participates in a national Blue Tongue surveillance programme, in which 1,023 bovine blood samples were taken. As part of the provincial feed plan, 216 controls were carried out on feed farms, 32 samples on non-genetically modified products and 323 inspections for the control of feed administration.

Resources

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8 http://www.provincia.bz.it/oep/relazione-sanitaria/sanita-pubblica-veterinaria.asp?rels_tfl=5QP7ZO20NKYnWXJvng0PCZv9jGiRtDxX
8 http://www.provincia.bz.it/oep/relazione-sanitaria/sanita-pubblica-veterinaria.asp?rels_tfl=wCe7ZO20NKYnWXJvng0PCZv-jGiRtDxX
0 http://www.provincia.bz.it/oep/relazione-sanitaria/sanita-pubblica-veterinaria.asp?rels_tfl=HCh7ZO20NKYnWXJvng0PCZv9jGiRst8C
0 http://www.provincia.bz.it/oep/relazione-sanitaria/sanita-pubblica-veterinaria.asp?rels_tfl=3xe7ZO20NKYnWXJvng0PCZv-jGiRst8C

Tags

  • assistenza-sanitaria

Topics

  • OP_DATPRO

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