Table 1.
Distribution of small ruminants analysed and scrapie cases detected per year.
| Origin (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | N | Fallen stock | Slaughtered | Others# | Atypical scrapie % (n) |
Classical scrapie % (n) |
| 2002 | 760 | 12.6 | 87.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1296 | 17.7 | 65.2 | 17.1 | 0 | 2.42 (26)c |
| 2004 | 761 | 32.5 | 61.9 | 5.6 | 0.28 (2)a | 0 |
| 2005 | 503 | 40.9 | 59.1 | 0.0 | 0.19 (1)b | 0 |
| 2006 | 710 | 27.0 | 73.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 710 | 18.3 | 81.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 610 | 15.1 | 84.9 | 0.0 | 0.49 (3)a, b | 0 |
| 2009* | 270 | 23.3 | 76.7 | 0.0 | 0.74 (2)b | 0 |
| Total | 5620 | 0.14 (8) | 0.02 (1) | |||
N: total number of small ruminants analysed. (#) Others include clinical suspects and animals killed for eradication purposes. Atypical and classical scrapie annual rates were calculated over the sum of fallen stock and slaughtered animals.
a Fallen stock. bSlaughtered. c Outbreak in one flock.
*January to September.