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Table 2 Grouped control strategies reported by countries

From: The prevalence of atypical scrapie in sheep from positive flocks is not higher than in the general sheep population in 11 European countries

  

Intensified monitoring

Selective culling*

Other selective culling**

Stamping out

AS

Countries§

FR, GR, DK, FI, NO, PT, SE

FR, BE, IE, IT, NL, DK, NO, PT

IT

IE, IT, IS, DK, FI, NO, SE

 

Suspect flocks included

FR, GR, DK, FI, PT

FR, BE, IT, DK,

IT

IE, IT, DK, FI

 

Contact flocks included

FI, PT

BE, PT

 

FI, IS

 

Stream under surveillance!

HS and FS: all countries

Culled animals: all countries HS in all countries except NL and DK and BE in some years FS in all countries

HS, FS and culled animals

Culled animals in all countries except IE no other stream except HS and FS in FI and FS in DK

 

Animals above age limit tested

All animals

All animals except in BE (FS): only some animals

All animals

All animals except in IS: only some animals

 

Age limit for testing

18 months except in FR and in the first years in PT and in SE: 12 months

Culled animals: 12 months except in NO: 18 months and in BE (unspecified) other stream 18 months except in FR, IT, NL and in the first years in PT: 12

18 months

12 months except in DK, FI and NO: 18 months

CS

Countries§

FR

FR, BE, GR, IE, IT, NL

 

GR, IE, IT, IS, NO

 

Suspect flocks included

FR

FR, BE, GR, IT

 

GR, IE, IT

 

Contact flocks included

 

BE

 

IS

 

Stream under surveillance!

HS and FS

Culled animals in all countries HS and FS in all countries except HS in NL and in BE in some years

 

Culled animals in all countries no other stream except HS and FS in GR

 

Animals above age limit tested

all animals

Culled animals: all countries except in BE, IT, NL: only some animals other stream: all countries except in BE: only some animals

 

All animals except in IE, IT, IS: only some animals

 

Age limit for testing

12 months

Culled animals: 12 months except in BE (unspecified) Other stream: 18 months except in FR, IT and NL(FS): 12 months

 

12 months except in NO: 18 months

  1. § BE: Belgium, DK: Denmark, FI: Finland, FR: France, GR: Greece, IE: Ireland, IS: Iceland, IT: Itlay, NL: Netherlands, NO: Norway, PT: Protugal, SE: Sweden, !: HS: Healthy slaughter, FS: Fallen stock * all males not ARR/ARR and all females carrying a VRQ allele or not carrying an ARR allele, except in Italy where animals with AHQ and AFRQ were also culled and in Portugal where animals with ARR/AHQ genotype were culled but not those with ARH/ARH, ARH/ALRQ or ALRQ/ALRQ, ** all males carrying AHQ or AFRQ alleles, *** all males not ARR/ARR and all females carrying a VRQ allele or not carrying an ARR allele