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BSE: Statistics: Other TSEs - Scrapie 2005

Outcome of all cases reported from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005 as at 04 September 2007

Great Britain

Cases Reported

Negative Reports

Alt & Recovered

Positive

Negative

Pending

January 30 7 0 14 7 2
February 49 8 0 22 19 0
March 31 5 1 16 8 1
April 34 4 0 16 11 3
May 37 5 1 17 13 1
June 50 3 1 36 10 0
July 65 3 1 39 21 1
August 70 10 1 39 20 0
September 70 10 0 43 12 3
October 88 8 2 46 25 7
November 48 5 0 12 28* 3
December 31 3 0 17 5* 6
Total 603 71 7 319 179 27

of which

England

Cases Reported

Negative Reports

Alt & Recovered

Positive

Negative

Pending

January

11

1

0

4

6

0

February

19

4

0

13

2

0

March

16

4

1

7

3

1

April

18

2

0

7

6

3

May

20

0

0

8

10

1

June

15

1

0

11

3

0

July

21

2

1

9

8

1

August

36

8

1

19

8

0

September

23

1

0

16

6

0

October

42

0

1

16

23

2

November

29

0

0

7

21

1

December

8

1

0

5

1

1

Total

258

24

5

122

97

10

Wales

Cases Reported

Negative Reports

Alt & Recovered

Positive

Negative

Pending

January

15

3

0

9

1

2

February

26

4

0

7

15

0

March

13

1

0

7

5

0

April

13

2

0

7

4

0

May

13

5

0

7

1

0

June

30

1

0

23

6

0

July

40

1

0

30

9

0

August

31

2

0

18

11

0

September

39

9

0

24

6

0

October

39

8

0

26

2

3

November

13

5

0

2

6*

0

December

15

2

0

5

4*

4

Total

287

43

0

165

70

9

Scotland

Cases Reported

Negative Reports

Alt & Recovered

Positive

Negative

Pending

January

4

3

0

1

0

0

February

4

0

0

2

2

0

March

2

0

0

2

0

0

April

3

0

0

2

1

0

May

4

0

0

2

2

0

June

5

1

1

2

1

0

July

4

0

0

0

4

0

August

3

0

0

2

1

0

September

8

0

0

5

0

3

October

7

0

1

4

0

2

November

6

0

0

3

1

2

December

8

0

0

7

0

1

Total

58

4

2

32

12

8

Key

* Contains inconclusive results

*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 AHOs.

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

 

 

 

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