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. 2022 Dec 13;20(12):e07666. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7666

Table 60.

Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato monitoring results in wild and domestic animals in reporting EU MSs and non‐MSs, 2021

Country Presence of Em/Eg(a) N Positive/N tested (% positive)
Cantabrian chamois Cats Cattle (bovine animals) Deer Dogs Moose Mouflons Pigs
Belgium(b) Em 0/770,235 (0)
Cyprus Eg 2/43 (4.7)
Denmark(b) Em 0/452,600 (0)
Estonia Em/Eg 0/34,011 (0) 0/548,849 (0)(c)
Finland Eg 0/257,680 (0) 0/2,765 (0) 1/212 (0.47) 0/1,942,376 (0)
France Em/Eg 0/1 (0)(c) 0/1 (0) 0/51 (0)(c)
Germany Em 0/12 (0) 0/2 (0)
Greece Eg 930/45,462 (2.0) 29/250,835 (0.01)
Hungary Em/Eg 4/8 (50.0) 1/62 (1.6)(c)
Italy Em/Eg 0/1 (0) 2,515/2,493,943 (0.10) 0/629 (0) 0/58 (0)(c) 0/12 (0) 10/5,087,089 (< 0.001)(c)
Latvia Em/Eg 0/73,531 (0) 0/473,831 (0)(c)
Luxembourg(b) Em 0/27,326 (0)
Malta Eg
Poland Em/Eg 0/89 (0)(c) 13,076/21,439,036 (0.06)(c)
Romania Em/Eg 18/21 (85.7) 0/53 (0)(c)
Slovakia Em/Eg 0/768 (0)(c) 0/34,771 (0) 0/2,420 (0)(c) 43/675,234 (0.01)(c)
Slovenia Em/Eg 0/123,961 (0) 0/242,584 (0)(c)
Spain Eg 11,302/2,340,722 (0.48) 2/185,894 (0) 0/7,412 (0) 2,714/41,148,859 (0.01)
Sweden Em/Eg 0/411,650 (0) 0/6,631 (0) 0/2,651,110 (0)(c)
EU Total (27 + XI) 0/1 (0) 0/769 (0) 14,769/7,065,934 (0.21) 2/195,921 (0) 0/2,618 (0) 1/212 (0.47) 2/7,467 (0.03) 15,873/74,459,918 (0.02)
Norway Eg 0/301,000 (0) 0/1,568,000 (0)
Switzerland(b) Em 0/2 (0) 0/1 (0)
Total non‐EU countries 0/301,002 (0) 0/1 (0) 0/1,568,000 (0)
Total EU (27+ XI) + non‐EU countries 0/1 (0) 0/769 (0) 14,769/7,366,936 (0.20) 2/195,922 (0) 0/2,618 (0) 1/212 (0.47) 2/7,467 (0.03) 15,873/76,027,918 (0.02)
Country Presence of Em/Eg (a) N Positive/N tested (% positive)
Reindeers Goats Sheep Solipeds, domestic Water buffalos Wild boars Wolves
Belgium (b) Em
Cyprus Eg
Denmark (b) Em
Estonia Em/Eg 0/171 (0) 0/8,378 (0) 0/8 (0)
Finland* Eg 7/56,079 (0.01) 0/748 (0) 0/62,724* (0) 0/757 (0) 0/183 (0) 7/41 (17.1)
France Em/Eg 0/2 (0)
Germany Em 0/2 (0)
Greece Eg 1,477/259,488 (0.57) 4,490/621,068 (0.72)
Hungary Em/Eg 3/3 (100)
Italy Em/Eg 272/48,039 (0.57) 1,292/107,2250 (0.12) 0/537 (0) 114/33,912 (0.34) 7/55,680 (0.01) 0/55 (0) (c)
Latvia Em/Eg 0/510 (0) 0/26,943 (0) 0/34 (0)
Luxembourg (b) Em
Malta Eg 0/7,373 (0)
Poland Em/Eg
Romania Em/Eg 0/3 (0) 0/30 (0)
Slovakia Em/Eg 0/91 (0) 775/6,448 (12.0) 0/9 (0) (c)
Slovenia Em/Eg 0/1,172 (0) 0/10860 (0) 0/1,057 (0)
Spain Eg 3,803/783,974 (0.49) 28,969/7,679,758 (0.38) 0/6,637 (0) 5/138,599 (< 0.001)
Sweden Em/Eg 0/40,528 (0) 0/817 (0) 0/227,070 (0) 1/1,200 (0.08) 0/16,569 (0) 0/51 (0) (c)
EU Total (27 + XI) 7/96,607 (0.01) 5,552/1,095,013 (0.51) 35,529/9,722,909 (0.37) 1/10,230 (0.01) 114/33,912 (0.34) 12/211,031 (0.01) 7/156 (4.5)
Norway Eg 0/28,600 (0) 0/1,204,600 (0)
Switzerland (b) Em
Total non‐EU countries 0/28,600 (0) 0/1,204,600 (0)
Total EU (27+ XI) + non‐EU countries 7/96,607 (0.01) 5,552/1,123,613 (0.49) 35,529/10,927,509 (0.33) 1/10,230 (0.01) 114/33,912 (0.34) 12/211,031 (0.01) 7/156 (4.5)

–: Data not reported

Em: Echinococcus multilocularis; Eg: Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato.

*

: During the finalisation of this report, Finland indicated a reporting error: only 51,221 sheep were tested.

(a)

: Presence in the country of E. multilocularis (Em) and/or E. granulosus sensu lato (Eg).

(b)

: Reporting countries with known circulation of E. multilocularis only, and which tested suitable hosts for E. granulosus sensu lato.

(c)

: Positive samples from dogs, cats, wolves and pigs without Echinococcus species information reported, were mentioned in the table only for MSs with known circulation of both E. multilocularis and E. granulosus sensu lato.