Report prepared on foot of reading of BSE results from 01/01/08 to 30/06/08
Definition of categories
| Passive: |
notified to DAF as a BSE suspect |
| Fallen: |
animal greater than 24 months of age, which died on farm and was tested as per EU requirements |
| OTM: |
healthy animal greater than 30 months of age, which was slaughtered at a meat plant was tested as per EU requirements |
| Casualty: |
animals greater than 24 months of with minor injuries etc which are presented for slaughter at meat plants was tested as per EU requirements |
| BSE eradication: |
cattle greater than 30 months of age which are slaughtered for BSE reasons because they are either in a herd which is positive for BSE or are a birth cohort or the progeny of a positive animal |
Table 1: Details of BSE case confirmations from 1st Jan 1989 to 30th June 2008
| Year |
Passive |
Fallen |
OTM |
Casualty |
BSE eradication |
Totals |
| 1989 |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
| 1990 |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
14 |
| 1991 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
17 |
| 1992 |
18 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
18 |
| 1993 |
16 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
| 1994 |
19 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
19 |
| 1995 |
16 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
| 1996 |
73 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
74 |
| 1997 |
77 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
80 |
| 1998 |
79 |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
83 |
| 1999 |
91 |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
95 |
| 2000 |
138 |
7 |
- |
- |
4 |
149 |
| 2001 |
123 |
81 |
34 |
4 |
4 |
246 |
| 2002 |
108 |
183 |
34 |
4 |
4 |
333 |
| 2003 |
40 |
106 |
31 |
4 |
1 |
182 |
| 2004 |
31 |
75 |
19 |
0 |
1 |
126 |
| 2005 |
9 |
47 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
69 |
| 2006 |
5 |
30 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
| 2007 |
4 |
15 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
| 2008 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Totals |
895 |
553 |
143 |
13 |
26 |
1631 |
Table 2: Results of BSE Surveillance for 2007
| Results for 2007 (01/01/07 to 31/12/2007) |
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
Final result |
|
|
| Category |
Tested |
Positive |
Negative |
Pending |
| *Fallen cattle |
86,791 |
14 |
86,777 |
0 |
| Casualty/Emergency slaughter |
1,958 |
0 |
1,958 |
0 |
| OTM cattle |
758,414 |
6 |
758,408 |
0 |
| BSE eradication |
162 |
0 |
162 |
0 |
| BSE suspects |
110 |
4 |
106 |
0 |
| Totals |
847,435 |
24 |
847,411 |
0 |
*The number of Fallen cattle positives (14) in 2007 presented above in Table 2 differs from number of confirmations of Fallen cattle (15) presented above in Table 1 because one case was identified by rapid test during December of 2006 and were therefore excluded from table 2.
Table 3: Results of BSE Surveillance from 1st Jan - 30th June 2008
| Results for 2008 to date (01/01/08 to 30/06/08) |
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
Final result |
|
|
| Category |
Tested |
Positive |
Negative |
Pending |
| OTM cattle |
287,196 |
1 |
287,195 |
0 |
| Fallen cattle |
66,597 |
9 |
66,587 |
1 |
| Casualty/Emergency slaughter |
1,104 |
0 |
1,104 |
0 |
| BSE clinical suspects |
69 |
2 |
67 |
0 |
| BSE eradication |
55 |
0 |
55 |
0 |
| Totals |
355,021 |
12 |
355,008 |
1 |
