Table 1 Implementation of mandatory reporting for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), year of the first BSE cases, implementation of a targeted screening, total BSE case numbers in 2000 and 2001, and assessment of the overall BSE surveillance system in the European Union Member States and Switzerland as of December 21, 2001.
From: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) – Infectious, Contagious, Zoonotic or Production Disease?
Country | Adult cattle pop.1 | Mandatory reporting since (year) | First reported BSE case (OIE) | Detected BSE cases (OIE) | Surveillance system meets OIE requirements (GBR June 2000) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Imported cattle | Domestic cattle | 2000 | 20013 | Total | ||||
Austria | 1.0 | 1991 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | No |
Belgium | 1.5 | 1990 | - | 1997 | 9 | 46 | 65 | Yes |
Denmark | 0.9 | 1990 | 1992 | 2000 | 1 | 6 | 7 | No |
Finland | 0.4 | 1990 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
France | 11.0 | 1990 | 2000 | 1991 | 162 | 258 | 499 | No |
Germany | 6.6 | 1990 | 1992 | 2000 | 7 | 125 | 132 | Yes |
Greece | 0.3 | ? | - | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | No data available |
Ireland | 3.4 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 149 | 220 | 799 | No |
Italy | 3.4 | 1991 | 1994 | 2001 | 0 | 48 | 48 | Yes |
Luxembourg | 0.1 | 1990 | - | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 1 | No |
Netherlands | 1.8 | 1990 | - | 1997 | 2 | 20 | 28 | Yes |
Portugal | 0.8 | 1990 | 1990 | 1994 | 163 | 67 | 591 | Yes |
Spain | 3.4 | 1990 | - | 2000 | 2 | 82 | 84 | No |
Sweden | 0.7 | 1989 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
UK2 | 5.3 | 1988 | - | 1986 | 1443 | ~800 | 181642 | Yes |
Switzerland | 0.9 | 1990 | - | 1990 | 33 | 42 | 408 | Yes |