Wild boar health surveillance

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) is collaborating with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) on a surveillance programme for wild boar in Norway with the aim of monitoring the incidence og infectious agents that are transmittable between wild boar, to domestic pigs and to humans.

If you would like to receive sample collection equipment in order to submit samples from wild boar hunted in Norway, please contact your local office of the NFSA or the swine health expert at the NVI Carl Andreas Grøntvedt. 

2024

In 2024, samples from 362 wild boars were submited to the Norwegian Veterinary Institute. This is a slightly higher number than the number of harvested wild boar (n=351) reported to Hjorteviltregisteret (Norwegian Cervid Register). In addition to samples from hunted wild boars, carcasses or relevant sample material from six wild boars found dead (n=4) or killed in traffic accidents (n=2) were submited by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) as a part of passive surveillance for African swine fever virus (ASFV) and classical swine fever virus (CSFV), with no agents detected.