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Table 3 Scrapie cases

From: Scrapie prevalence in sheep of susceptible genotype is declining in a population subject to breeding for resistance

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)

  1. Yearly number of scrapie cases in The Netherlands over the period 2003-2008, in various surveillance streams.