Report on the monitoring and testing of ruminants for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in the EU in 2008

Report on the monitoring and testing of ruminants for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in the EU in 2008


1. SUMMARY In 2008, a total of 10 051 584 bovine, 465 276 ovine and 152 037 caprine animals were tested in the EU 27 in the framework of the TSE monitoring programmes. 125 bovine, 1 936 ovine and 1 214 caprine animals turned out positive. 1 557 871 risk bovine animals and 8 490 256 healthy animals slaughtered for human consumption were tested by rapid tests. 2 352 bovine animals were tested in the framework of passive surveillance (animals reported as official BSE suspects. In addition, 1 105 animals were tested in the framework of culling of animals with an epidemiological connection to a BSE case. 93 % of positive cases were detected by the active monitoring (testing of risk animals, healthy slaughtered and culled cattle) and 7 % were detected by passive surveillance. No BSE cases were found in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden. The number of BSE cases and the overall prevalence in tested animals decreased by respectively 29 % and 25 % in 2008 compared to 2007. 463 201 ovine animals were tested by active monitoring, while 2 075 were animals reported as official TSE suspects and therefore subjected to laboratory examination. In caprine animals, the numbers of tests in the respective groups were 150 566 (active monitoring) and 1 471 (TSE suspects). Some 743 and 63 TSE cases in respectively sheep and goats confirmed in 2008 were subjected to discriminatory testing. None of them have been confirmed to be BSE. In addition, in the framework of a survey for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids, as required in Commission Decision 2007/182/EC, 12 025 animals were tested between 2006 and 2008 hunting seasons. None of them turned out positive. All Member States submitted information on the TSE testing of bovine, ovine and caprine animals. In addition to the Member States, Norway also submitted information on their TSE testing programmes.


Further information: Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Unit E2; fax: +32-2-296.90.62; e-mail: SANCO-TSEMONITORING@ ec.europa.eu



http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/tse_bse/docs/annual_report_tse2008_en.pdf



Sunday, April 12, 2009

BSE MAD COW TESTING USA 2009 FIGURES Month Number of Tests

Feb 2009 -- 1,891

Jan 2009 -- 4,620


http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_issues/bse/surveillance/ongoing_surv_results.shtml



(good luck with the aphis bse testing results urls...TSS)

SEE FULL TEXT ;


http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2009/04/bse-mad-cow-testing-usa-2009-figures.html



Wednesday, August 19, 2009

CFIA Enhances Animal Disease Reporting



http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/disemala/rep/2009bseesbe.shtml



http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/disemala/rep/2009cwdmdce.shtml



http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/disemala/rep/2009scrtree.shtml




NICE JOB CANADA !

SEE FULL TEXT OF ALL THIS HERE ;

2009 UPDATE ON ALABAMA AND TEXAS MAD COWS 2005 and 2006


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2006/08/bse-atypical-texas-and-alabama-update.html



Tuesday, July 14, 2009

U.S. Emergency Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Response Plan Summary and BSE Red Book Date: February 14, 2000 at 8:56 am PST

WHERE did we go wrong $$$


http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2009/07/us-emergency-bovine-spongiform.html



Sunday, December 28, 2008

MAD COW DISEASE USA DECEMBER 28, 2008 an 8 year review of a failed and flawed policy


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2008/12/mad-cow-disease-usa-december-28-2008-8.html



Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Mad Cow Disease typical and atypical strains, was there a cover-up ? August 20, 2008


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2008/08/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-mad.html




Monday, May 11, 2009

Rare BSE mutation raises concerns over risks to public health


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/05/rare-bse-mutation-raises-concerns-over.html




Monday, October 19, 2009

Atypical BSE, BSE, and other human and animal TSE in North America Update October 19, 2009


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/10/atypical-bse-bse-and-other-human-and.html




Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:12 PM Subject: re-FOIA REQUEST ON FEED RECALL PRODUCT contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009 and Recall # V-256-2009


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/re-foia-request-on-feed-recall-product.html




Friday, September 4, 2009

FOIA REQUEST ON FEED RECALL PRODUCT 429,128 lbs. feed for ruminant animals may have been contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/foia-request-on-feed-recall-product.html




Saturday, August 29, 2009

FOIA REQUEST FEED RECALL 2009 Product may have contained prohibited materials Bulk Whole Barley, Recall # V-256-2009


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/foia-request-feed-recall-2009-product.html




Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Nor98 scrapie identified in the United States J Vet Diagn Invest 21:454-463 (2009)


http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2009/07/nor98-scrapie-identified-in-united.html




Saturday, May 2, 2009

APHIS AND WHO PLAN TO EXEMPT THE ATYPICAL SCRAPIE NOR-98 FROM REGULATIONS AT MEETING THIS MONTH


http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2009/05/aphis-and-who-plan-to-exempt-atypical.html




Monday, October 26, 2009

Similarities between Forms of Sheep Scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Are Encoded by Distinct Prion Types Published online before print October 22, 2009 This Article



http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2009/10/similarities-between-forms-of-sheep.html




Friday, May 29, 2009

Characterization of a U.S. Sheep Scrapie Isolate with Short Incubation Time


http://scrapie-usa.blogspot.com/2009/05/characterization-of-us-sheep-scrapie.html




SCRAPIE DETECTED IN ANOTHER GOAT USA UPDATE MARCH 2009


http://scrapie-usa.blogspot.com/2009/04/scrapie-detected-in-another-goat-usa.html



http://scrapie-usa.blogspot.com/





TSS