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. 2018 Dec 12;16(12):e05500. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5500

Table 55.

Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato positive/tested (%) animals (domestic and wild), EU/EEA, 2017

Country Sheep Sheep and goats Goats Cattle Pigsa Mouflons Solipeds, domestic Deer Water buffalos Wild boars Moose Dogsa Wolvesa Cats
Belgium 0/922,797
Croatia 11/12
Cyprus 0/14
Denmark 0/475,700 0/16,987,437
Estonia 0/8,899   0/108 0/35,408 0/514,861 0/16
Finland 0/57,600   0/329 0/272,671 0/1,964,669 0/6 0/1,252 0/640 0/365 2/383 (0.52%) 10/57 (17.54%) 0/2
France 0/179 0/25
Greece 8,620/817,368 (1.05%) 1,491/337,114 (0.44%) 702/51,501 (1.36%) 8/167,045 (> 0.001)
Hungary 2/11 0/2 0/1 28/75 (37.33%) 0/1
Italy 62,044/1,278,549 (4.85%) 500/55,459 (0.9%) 5,127/1,715,855 (0.29%) 361/691,744 (0.05%) 3/2,860 (0.1%) 0/676 69/33,315 (0.2%) 16/24,384 (0.06%) 0/15   1/1
Latvia 0/27,127 0/251 0/85,677 0/447,034 0/87
Luxembourg 0/26,173 0/157,504
Malta 0/383
Netherlands 0/1
Poland 151/44,012 (0.34%) 33,006/22,278,957 (0.14%)
Romania 1/13 0/3 268/299 (89.63%) 5/59 (8.47%) 0/1 0/39
Slovakia 0/86,955 0/5 0/72,196 0/738,569 0/1,912 0/593
Slovenia 0/11,529 0/865 1/118,235 (> 0.001) 0/245,216 0/1,688
Spain 42,492/7,727,221 (0.55%) 0/1,967 13,597/946,876 (1.43%) 14,236/1,975,193 (0.72%) 2,677/17,548,560 (0.01%) 0/687 0/106,068 6/19,111 (0.03%)
Sweden 0/299,240 0/1,144 0/406,030 0/2,576,290 0/2,270 0/6,709 0/16,130 0/8 0/60
United Kingdom 23,596/26,569,918 (0.08%)   13/7,705 (0.16%) 1,315/3,676,638 (0.03%)
Total EU 136,755/36,884,421 (0.37%) 151/45,979 (0.32%) 15,601/109,050 (14.3%) 21,649/9,834,374 (0.22%) 36,096/64, 318,032 (0.05%) 0/20 3/8,860 (0.03%) 0/114,095 69/33,315 (0.2%) 22/59,990 (0.03%) 2/383 (0.52%) 0/2,536 10/117 (8.5%) 1/621 (0.16%)
Norway 0/1,376,300 0/28,600 0/298,000 0/1,648,100 0/11
Switzerland 0/2 0/2 3/21 (14.28%)
Total EFTA 0/1,376,302 0 0/28,600 0/298,000 0/1,648,100 0 0/2 0 0 0 0 3/21 (14.28%) 0/11 0
Total EU + EFTA 136,755/38,260,723 (0.35%) 151/45,979 (0.32%) 15,601/137,650 (11.3%) 21,649/10,132,374 (0.2%) 36,096/65,966,132 (0.05%) 0/20 3/8,862 (0.03%) 0/114,095 69/33,315 (0.2%) 22/59,990 (0.03%) 2/383 (0.52%) 3/2,557 (0.11%) 10/128 (7.8%) 1/621 (0.16%)
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Dogs, wolves and pigs for which the species level of Echinococcus was not specified were allocated in this table for those MS for which is known there is circulation of E. multilocularis. Meat from sheep, cattle and pigs (single food samples) were included. Slaughter batch data and animals from zoo were not included in the table.