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2007 June | Obligatory use of ARR/ARR rams withdrawn |