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. 2023 Dec 12;21(12):e8442. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8442

TABLE 44.

Trichinella monitoring results for domestic pigs and farmed wild boar in reporting EU MSs and non‐MS countries, by housing conditions a , 2022.

Country N positive/tested (% positive)
Controlled housing conditions, recognised by the competent authorities (RCHC) Other
Controlled housing conditions, not recognised by the competent authorities (CHC) Not controlled housing conditions (NCHC) Other, unspecified
Fattening pigs Breeding pigs Fattening pigs Breeding pigs Fattening pigs Breeding pigs Farmed wild boar Fattening pigs Breeding pigs
Austria 0/4,841,259 (0) 0/80,315 (0) b 0/240 (0) _ _
Belgium 0/11,267,485 (0) 0/39,953 (0) 0/4,300,265 (0) c _ _
Bulgaria 0/151,270 (0) d 0/1805 (0) e 1/24,427 (< 0.01) f _ _
Croatia g 8/− _ _
Cyprus 0/536,462 (0) 0/12,431 (0) _ _
Czechia 0/2,277,831 (0) _ _
Denmark 0/16,449,465 (0) 0/313,453 (0) c 0/681,624 (0) 0/271,261 (0) c 0/386 (0) _ _
Estonia 0/46,123 (0) 0/95,229 (0) _ _
Finland 0/446 (0) 0/80 (0) 0/223 (0) 0/1,835,427 (0) 0/34,491 (0)
France 0/132,406 (0) 0/191,166 (0) c 0/576,125 (0) 0/12,853 (0) c 0/327 (0) _ _
Germany 0/942 (0) 0/47,254,763 (0) _
Greece 0/749,273 (0) h 0/14,926 (0) i 0/949 (0) _ _
Hungary 0/4,198,323 (0) 0/93,511 (0) _ _
Ireland 0/91,189 (0) j 0/3,545,265 (0) _ _
Italy 0/3,440,233 (0) 0/98,030 (0) k 0/5,622,924 (0) l 0/61,643 (0) m 0/50,011 (0) 0/1213 (0) _ _
Latvia 0/502,601 (0) _
Lithuania 0/829,042 (0) _ _
Luxembourg 0/146,037 (0) n _
Malta 0/50,280 (0) 0/931 (0) _ _
Netherlands 0/13,310,746 (0) _
Poland 1/19,669,063 (< 0.01) o _ _
Portugal 0/3,839,997 (0) 0/31,294 (0) c 0/136,446 (0) p 0/3215 (0) q _ _
Romania 0/3,172,631 (0) 0/24,031 (0) 56/223,677 (0.03) r 3/80 (3.8) s _ _
Slovakia 0/500,253 (0) 0/85,896 (0) _ _
Slovenia 0/145,194 (0) t _ _
Spain 2/54,507,190 (< 0.01) u 0/812,710 (0) v 0/1092 (0) _ _
Sweden 0/1722,200 (0) 0/62,016 (0) w 0/471,786 (0) 0/18,540 (0) x _ _
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) 0/1205 (0) t _ _
EU Total (27 + XI) 0/33,710,076 (0) 0/473,579 (0) 0/15,243,182 (0) 0/401,128 (0) 68/91,041,848 (< 0.01) 3/5,706,934 (< 0.01) 0/5372 (0) 0/63,049,574 (0) 0/34,491 (0)
Iceland 0/74,530 (0) _ _
Norway 0/1,600,000 (0) y _ _
Switzerland 0/2,360,922 (0) 0/31,096 (0) _ _

Total non‐EU

Countries

0/74,530 (0) 0/3,960,922 (0) 0/31,096 (0) 0/63,049,574 (0) 0/34,491 (0)
Total EU (27+ XI) + non‐EU countries 0/33,710,076 (0) 0/473,579 (0) 0/15,317,712 (0) 0/401,128 (0) 68/95,002,770 (< 0.01) 3/5,738,030 (< 0.01) 0/5372 (0) 0/63,049,574 (0) 0/34,491 (0)

Abbreviation: –, Data not reported.

a

No pigs reported in 2022 with unspecified housing conditions.

b

Comprising 1570 boar.

c

Sows and boar.

d

Comprising 37,540 piglets.

e

Sows.

f

Including 24,310 outdoor pigs with one positive pig.

g

Croatia reported only positive results, comprising one indoor fattening pig (infected with T. spiralis), six gilts (including four infected with T. spiralis) and one sow (infected with T. spiralis) in indoor mixed herds.

h

Comprising 229 indoor piglets.

i

Indoors, comprising 270 boar.

j

Comprising 697 boar and 100 sows and boar.

k

Comprising 1709 boar and 1930 gilts.

l

Comprising 74,950 piglets.

m

Comprising 1729 boar and 1317 gilts.

n

Comprising 18,930 piglets and 674 pigs in mixed herds.

o

Indoor pigs with one positive pig (infected with T. spiralis).

p

Comprising 53,749 outdoor pigs.

q

Sows and boar, including 1763 outdoor pigs.

r

Indoor pigs with 56 positive pigs (including 46 infected with T. spiralis and four with T. britovi).

s

Indoor sows with three positive sows (infected with T. britovi).

t

Pigs in mixed herds.

u

Comprising 1,373,453 indoor pigs, 496,953 outdoor pigs with two positive pigs and 141,413 piglets.

v

Comprising 610 indoor pigs.

w

Comprising 489 boar.

x

Comprising 88 boar.

y

Indoor pigs.