Table 1.

Scrapie control measures

Year/date of introduction	Control measure
1993	Scrapie becomes a notifiable disease
2002 January	Active surveillance (EU)
2003 October	Control measures in flocks of origin of classical-scrapie positive animals (EU)
2004 October	Obligatory use of ARR/ARR rams for flocks with more than 10 breeding ewes (except some rare breeds)
2005 September	Obligatory use of ARR/ARR rams for all flocks (except some rare breeds)
2007 June	Obligatory use of ARR/ARR rams withdrawn

Chronology of scrapie control measures in The Netherlands.