Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Table 2 The number of animals investigated for Echinococcus multilocularis in Sweden, Finland and mainland Norway

From: Combining information from surveys of several species to estimate the probability of freedom from Echinococcus multilocularis in Sweden, Finland and mainland Norway

Sweden
	Foxes		Raccoon dogs		Pigs	Wild boars	Rodents
Year	CoA and SCT	SCT	SCT		Meat inspection	Meat inspection	Autopsy
2000	0	11	0		8966	5310	0
2001	310	32	0		9428	10137	0
2002	313	0	0		9501	10331	0
2003	400	0	0		8639	16800	0
2004	400	0	0		8833	18344	0
2005	200	0	0		9893	22206	1000
2006	302	100	0		9434	23172	1000
2007	245	0	0		9369	22206	1000
2008	200	44	21		7804	31572	0
2009	305	0	28		6142	47310	0
Sum	2675	287	49		88009	207388	3000
Finland
	Foxes		Raccoon dogs		Pigs	Wild boars	Rodents
Year	CoA and SCT	CoA and egg PCR	CoA and SCT	CoA and egg PCR	Meat inspection	Meat inspection	Autopsy
2000	9	0	0		4500	0	2000
2001	13	0	2		4000	1109	2000
2002	116	0	3		3500	1221	3000
2003	164	0	98		2500	788	650
2004	348	0	239		2000	1006	1850
2005	281	0	219		2500	486	3000
2006	209	0	193		2000	638	2100
2007	264	0	227		1700	373	2200
2008	0	411	0	148	1800	138	2100
2009	0	184	0	177	2000	286	800
Sum	1404	595	981	325	26500	6045	19700
Norway
	Foxes		Raccoon dogs		Pigs	Wild boars	Rodents
Year	CoA and egg PCR	Egg PCR	Egg PCR		Meat inspection	Meat inspection	Autopsy
2000	0	0	0		825	0	0
2001	0	0	0		825	0	0
2002	85	0	0		825	0	0
2003	119	0	0		825	0	0
2004	104	1	0		1236	0	0
2005	5	0	0		1008	0	0
2006	0	31	0		1167	0	0
2007	0	539	1		1326	0	0
2008	0	455	0		745	0	0
2009	0	280	0		1238	0	0
Sum	313	1306	0		10020	0	0

The study period includes surveillance of the five different species in Sweden, Finland and mainland Norway from January 2000 to December 2009. The annual number of investigated animals is given per test and per species (CoA = coproantigen Elisa, SCT = sedimentation and counting technique, egg PCR = taeniid egg isolation and multiplex polymerase chain reaction).

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