The European Union summary report on surveillance for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in 2017.

ABSTRACT: This report presents the results of surveillance on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in bovine animals, sheep, goats, cervids and other animal species, as well as genotyping in sheep, carried out in 2017 in the European Union (EU) according to Regulation (EC) 999/2001, and in Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. In total, 1,312,714 cattle were tested by the 28 EU Member States (MSs) which is a decrease of 3% compared with 2016; 18,526 were tested by the three non-MSs. For the first time since bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has been reported, no cases of classical BSE were reported in 2017. Six atypical BSE cases were reported by three different MSs: Spain 1 H-BSE/2 L-BSE; France 1 H-BSE/1 L-BSE; and Ireland 1 L-BSE. Over the year, 314,547 sheep and 117,268 goats were te

SUBMITTER: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7009765 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature