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BSE: Statistics: Other TSEs - Scrapie 2003

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Great Britain

Cases Reported

Negative Reports

Alt & Recovered

Positive

Negative

Pending

January 55 10 2 36 6 1
February 59 1 1 44 13 0
March 67 5 0 53 9 0
April 54 1 0 44 9 0
May 32 3 0 24 4 1
June 38 3 0 30 5 0
July
55
4
0
42
8
0
August
55
0
1
36
17*
0
September
65
2
3
46
14
3
October
47
2
0
38
7
1
November
25
0
0
22
2
0
December
38
2
1
28
6
1
Total 590 33 4 446 100

7

of which

England

Cases Reported

Negative Reports

Alt & Recovered

Positive

Negative

Pending

January 34 9
0
21 3 2
February 33 1
0
29 3 0
March 30 2
0
21 7 0
April 25 1
0
22 2 0
May 19 2 0 16 1 0
June 21 2 0 18 1 0
July
26
0
0
23
3
1
August
40
0
1
29
10
0
September
43
2
0
29
12
0
October
37
2
0
30
5
0
November
22
0
0
20
2
0
December
26
2
0
22
2
0
Total 356 23
1
280 51 1

Wales

Cases Reported

Negative Reports

Alt & Recovered

Positive

Negative

Pending

January

15

1

0

11

2

1

February 21
0
1 13 7 0
March 31 3 0 26 2 0
April 14
0
0 11 3 0
May 8
1
0 5 1 1
June

15

1
0 10 4 0
July
24
4
0
15
5
0
August
12
0
0
5
7*
0
September
18
0
1
14
2
2
October
10
0
0
8
2
0
November
3
0
0
3
0
0
December
11
0
1
6
4
0
Total 182 10 2 127 39
4

Scotland

Cases Reported

Negative Reports

Alt & Recovered

Positive

Negative

Pending

January 6

0

1

4

1

0
February 5 0 0 2 3 0
March 6 0 0 6 0 0
April 15 0 0 11 4 0
May 5 0 0 3 2 0
June 2 0 0 2 0 0
July
4
0
0
4
0
0
August
3
0
0
3
0
0
September
4
0
0
3
0
1
October
1
0
0
0
0
1
November
0
0
0
0
0
0
December
1
0
0
1
0
0
Total 52 0 1 39 10 2

Key

* Contains inconclusive results.

Cases Reported

All suspected cases reported to Defra/SEERAD/NAWAD

Restrictions not imposed1

Suspects given an alternative diagnosis at the first visit

Positive

Laboratory confirmation of Scrapie

Negative

Unable to confirm Scrapie by laboratory examination

Pending

Awaiting either a revisit or laboratory report


*NB: Fluctuations in the number of cases reported in a given month may occur - this is generally due to re-allocation resulting from data updating on receipt of report forms from AHO’s.

 

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