Table 3.
Scrapie cases
| Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Active surveillance, classical scrapie |
Number of positive cases Percentage of tested animals (confidence bounds) |
||||||
| Healthy slaughter | 28 0.15 (0.10-0.21) |
44 0.21 (0.15-0.28) |
13 0.16 (0.08-0.25) |
13 0.16 (0.08-0.25) |
12 0.07 (0.04-0.11) |
12 0.08 (0.04-0.13) |
2 0.03 (0.00-0.08) |
| Fallen stock | 12 0.34 (0.17-0.54) |
7 0.20 (0.08-0.37) |
27 0.28 (0.18-0.39) |
22 0.23 (0.14-0.33) |
26 0.15 (0.10-0.22) |
11 0.08 (0.04-0.13) |
9 0.10 (0.04-0.17) |
| Total | 40 0.17 (0.12-0.23) |
51 0.21 (0.15-0.27) |
40 0.21 (0.15-0.29) |
35 0.19 (0.13-0.26) |
38 0.11 (0.08-0.14) |
23 0.08 (0.05-0.11) |
11 0.06 (0.03-0.10) |
|
Active surveillance, atypical scrapie |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clinical suspects Cases (Number of suspects) | 6 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (2) | 0 (2) | 5 (9) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) |
Yearly number of scrapie cases in The Netherlands over the period 2003-2008, in various surveillance streams.