Number of cases in the United Kingdom Number of reported cases worldwide (excluding the United Kingdom) Cases in imported animals only Annual incidence rate

Number of reported cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in farmed cattle worldwide*(excluding the United Kingdom)

Country/Year
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
 2005 2006 2007 2008
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
 0 0 0 2  2 1 0(c)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
3
9
46
 38 15 11 2 2 0 0(c)
0
0
0
0
1(b)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2(a)
 1 1
5
 3 4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
 7 8 3 2 0(c)
0
0
0
1(b)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
 3 2 1  1 0 0 0(c)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1(a)
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(c)
0
0
5
0
1
4
3
12
6
18
31(a)
161(d)
274(e)
239(f)
137(g)
 54(h) 31 8 9 4(c)
0
0
0
1(b)
0
3(b)
0
0
2(b)
0
0
7
125
106
54
 65 32  16 4 1(c)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
 0 0 0 0 0 0  
15(a)
14(a)
17(a)
18(a)
16
19(a)
16(a)
73
80
83
91
149(d)
246(e)
 333(f) 183(g) 126(h) 69(i) 41(j) 25(k) 22(c)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
 0 0 0 0 0(c)
Italy
0
0
0
0
0
2(b)
0
0
0
0
0
0
48
38(a)
29
7
 8
7
 2 1(c)
Japan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3(e)
2
4(g)
 5 7 10 3  
Liechtenstein
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2(a)
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(c)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
 0 1 0 0  
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
20
24
19
 6 3  2 2 1(c)
Poland
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4(f)
5
 11 19 10 9 3(c)
Portugal
0
1(b)
1(b)
1(b)
3(b)
12
15
31
30
127
159
149(a)
110
86
133
 92(a) 46 33 14 12(c)
Slovakia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
 6 2 7 3 0 1 0(c)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
 2(a) 1 1 1 0(c)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
82
 127 167 137 98 68 36  
Sweden
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
 0 0(c)
0
2
8
15
29
64
68
45
38
14
50
33(d)
42
 24 21(g) 3 3(i) 5 0 0(c)
United Kingdom
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0 1 1 0 0(c)


* Cases are shown by year of confirmation.
... Not available

(a) Canada: 1 case diagnosed in Canada in May 2003 + 1 case diagnosed in the United States of America in December 2003 and confirmed as having been imported from Canada.
Finland: date of confirmation of the case: 7 December 2001.
France: includes 1 imported case (confirmed on 13 August 1999).
Ireland: includes imported cases: 5 in 1989, 1 in 1990, 2 in 1991 and 1992, 1 in 1994 and 1995.
Italy: includes 2 imported cases.
Liechtenstein : date of the last confirmation of a case: 30 September 1998.
Portugal: includes 1 imported case.
Slovenia: includes 1 imported case.
(b) Imported case(s).
(c)

Austria - Data as of 27 November 2008.
Belgium - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Czech (Rep) - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Denmark - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Finland - Data as of 30 June 2008.
France - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Germany - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Ireland - Data as of 21 December 2008. Cases detected by the passive surveillance programme = 3. Cases detected by the active surveillance programme = 19.
Israel - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Italy - Data as of 20 November 2008.
Liechtenstein - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Netherlands - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Poland - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Portugal - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Slovakia - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Slovenia - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Sweden - Data as of 30 June 2008.
Switzerland - Data as of 30 June 2008.
United States of America - Data as of 30 June 2008.

(d) France year 2000 - Clinical cases = 101. Cases detected within the framework of the research programme launched on 8 June 2000 = 60.
Ireland year 2000 - Clinical cases = 138. Cases identified by active surveillance of at risk cattle populations = 7. Cases identified by examination of depopulated BSE positive herds, birth cohorts and progeny animals = 4.
Switzerland year 2000 - Clinical cases = 17. Cases detected within the framework of the investigation programme = 16.
(e)

France year 2001 - Clinical cases = 91. Cases detected at rendering (bovines at risk) = 100 (out of 139,500 bovines tested). Cases detected as result of routine screening at the abattoir = 83 (out of 2,373,000 bovines tested).
Ireland year 2001 - Clinical cases = 123. Cases identified by systematic active surveillance of all adult bovines = 119. Cases identified by examination of depopulated BSE positive herds, birth cohorts and progeny animals = 4.
Japan year 2001 - Clinical cases = 1. Cases detected as result of screening at the abattoir = 2.
(f)

France year 2002 - Clinical cases = 41. Cases detected at rendering (bovines at risk) = 124 (out of 274,143 bovines tested). Cases detected as result of systematic screening at the abattoir = 74 (out of 2,915,103 bovines tested). The active BSE surveillance programmes implemented in France in 2002 led to routine examination of cattle aged over 24 months, which were slaughtered for consumption purposes, were euthanised or died due to other reasons.
Ireland year 2002 - Clinical cases = 108. Cases detected by the active surveillance programme = 221. Cases identified by examination of depopulated BSE positive herds, birth cohorts and progeny animals = 4.
Poland year 2002 - Clinical cases = 1. Cases detected as result of routine screening at the abattoir (cattle over 30 months) = 3.
(g)

France year 2003 - Clinical cases = 13. Cases detected at rendering (bovines at risk) = 87. Cases detected as result of systematic screening at the abattoir = 37.
Japan year 2003 - The 9th case was a bullock aged 21 months.
Ireland year 2003 - Clinical cases = 41. Cases detected by the active surveillance programme = 140.
Switzerland year 2003 - Clinical cases: 8. Cases detected within the framework of the official surveillance programme: 11. Cases detected through voluntary testing following routine slaughter: 2.
(h)

France year 2004 - Clinical cases = 8. Cases detected at rendering (bovines at risk) = 29. Cases detected as result of systematic screening at the abattoir = 17.
Ireland year 2004 - Clinical cases = 31. Cases detected by the active surveillance programme = 94. Cases identified by examination of depopulated BSE positive herds, birth cohorts and progeny animals = 1.

(i)

Ireland year 2005 - Cases detected by the passive surveillance programme = 13. Cases detected by the active surveillance programme = 56.
Switzerland year 2005 - Cases detected by the passive surveillance programme = 1. Cases detected within the framework of the official surveillance programme: 1. Cases detected through voluntary testing following routine slaughter = 1.

(j) Ireland year 2006 - Cases detected by the passive surveillance programme = 5. Cases detected by the active surveillance programme = 36.
(k) Ireland year 2007 - Cases detected by the passive surveillance programme = 5. Cases detected by the active surveillance programme = 20.

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Last update : 31-Déc-2008 (fr)