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. 2017 Dec 12;15(12):e05077. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5077

Table 29.

Number of Trichinella‐positive/tested (% positive) hunted wild boar and other wild animals in EU and non‐MS in 2016

Country Positive/tested (% positive)
Hunted or not specified wild boar Brown bears Red foxes Other wild animals
AT 0/22,468 0/9a
BE 2/11,507 (0.2)
BG 2/976b (1.1)
HR 13/25,523 (0.05) 3/150 (2)
CY 0/81
CZ 3/163,550 (< 0.01) 2/3,015 (0.07)
DK 0/28 0/15c
EE 22/4,342 (0.51) 8/36 (22.2)
ES 132/63,040 (0.2)
FI 0/924 5/127 (4.0) 30/90 (33.3) 139/497 (28)d
FR 1/42,560 (< 0.01)
DE 4/477,880 (< 0.01)
EL 0/40 11/126 (8.7)m 8/19e
HU 3/67,029 (< 0.01) 0/13 0/2f
IT 9/147,930 (< 0.01) 7/2,270 (0.3) 25/761 (3.3)g
LV 47/7,312 (0.6) 3/4 3/11h
LU 0/3,513 0/141 0/47i
PT 0/133
RO 16/89 (18)
SK 11/16,818 (0.06) 0/10 19/181 (10.5)
SI 4/4,625 (0.1)j 0/16
SE 3/91,289 (< 0.01) 1/225 (0.4) 1/55 (1.8) 10/239 (4.2)k
UK 0/1191 0/285 0/74a
EU total 256/1,152,650 (0.02) 33/507 (6.5) 73/6,435 (1.1) 185/1,674 (11.1)
ME 0/133
CH 0/4,142 0/1 0/2 3/26 (11.5)l
Total EFTA 0/4,275 0/1 0/2 3/26 (11.5)
Total EU + EFTA 256/1,156,925 (0.02) 32/508 (6.5) 73/6,437 (1.1) 188/1,700 (11.0)
a

Badgers.

b

In addition, 3 (0.32%) out of 929 tested wild boar batches were positive.

c

Raccoon dogs.

d

88/227 (38.76%) raccoon dogs, 27/90 (30%) wolves, 2/2 wolverines, 15/46 (32.60%) lynxes, 1/11 badgers, 3/11 martens, 1/39 (2.6%) otters, 1/1 rats, 0/1 beaver, 0/6 mink and 0/5 seals; interesting to note the detection of T. pseudospiralis in a goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) of Finland out of 58 (1.72%) tested carnivore birds.

e

6/8 wolves, 2/3 ferrets, 0/3 badgers, 0/2 jackals, 0/2 mink and 0/1 wild cat.

f

Jackals.

g

13/98 wolves, 0/275 badgers, 0/121 stone martens, 1/58 birds.

h

3/3 lynxes, 0/1 badger and 0/7 beavers.

i

0/29 raccoons and 0/18 wild cats.

j

Positive animals originated from Hungary.

k

7/103 (6.79%) lynxes, 3/43 (6.97) wolves, 0/13 badgers, 0/15 beavers, 0/33 birds, 0/1 marten, 0/20 otters, 0/10 seals and 0/1 wolverine.

l

3/21 lynxes, 0/1 jackal and 0/3 wolves.

m

Results reported by Greece in 2016 refers to samplings between 2012 and 2015.