Research and analysis

Active disease surveillance: TSE statistics

Statistics on the active disease surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) and the Compulsory Scrapie Flock Scheme.

Published 6 October 2015
Last updated 18 April 2018 — see all updates

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency

Documents

Active TSE surveillance in Great Britain

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Active TSE surveillance in Northern Ireland

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Details

This publication is no longer updated as ‘Official Statistics’ and has been changed to a ‘Research and analysis’ publication type.

This amendment does not change the content or the timing of the updates but reflects the conclusions from a wider review of the classification of statistical releases across the Defra group.

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) collates summary statistics on the number of cases of TSE disease found through active and passive disease surveillance of animals. This includes summary statistics on the number of submissions tested and cases found from through the Compulsory Scrapie Flocks Scheme.

Active disease surveillance

European law requires all Member States to carry out active disease surveillance for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, and scrapie in sheep and goats. This data is used to determine the TSE disease status of each country.

Compulsory Scrapie Flocks Scheme

Since 2004, disease control measures require sheep flocks and goat herds to join the Compulsory Scrapie Flocks Scheme (CSFS) when a case of scrapie is confirmed. Subsequent cases of scrapie in these flocks and herds are reported separately.

APHA provides summary statistics on the number of submissions tested and cases found through the CSFS testing routes (initial cull, annual cull and fallen stock) in Great Britain.

Passive disease surveillance

Passive disease surveillance takes place when an animal with clinical signs suspicious of a TSE disease is reported to an APHA office, and further investigation determines whether the animal was affected by BSE or scrapie.

Published 6 October 2015
Last updated 18 April 2018 + show all updates

1. 18 April 2018 Documents updated
2. 8 March 2018 Documents updated
3. 6 February 2018 Documents updated
4. 11 January 2018 Updated documents
5. 12 December 2017 Updated documents
6. 15 November 2017 Updated Ireland document
7. 10 November 2017 Updated the active TSE surveillance in Great Britain
8. 20 October 2017 Updated documents
9. 7 September 2017 Updated documents
10. 3 August 2017 Updated documents
11. 6 July 2017 Documents updated
12. 13 June 2017 Documents update. Publication type changed from 'Official Statistics' to 'Research and analysis'.
13. 10 May 2017 Documents updated
14. 7 April 2017 Documents updated
15. 8 March 2017 Documents updated
16. 13 February 2017 Northern Ireland document updated
17. 8 February 2017 Great Britain document updated
18. 16 January 2017 Northern Ireland document updated
19. 11 January 2017 Great Britain document updated
20. 9 December 2016 Documents updated
21. 10 November 2016 Documents updated
22. 11 October 2016 Northern Ireland document updated
23. 7 October 2016 Great Britain document updated
24. 13 September 2016 Documents updated
25. 12 August 2016 Documents updated
26. 11 July 2016 Northern Ireland document updated
27. 7 July 2016 Great Britain document updated
28. 10 May 2016 Great Britain and Northern Ireland documents updated
29. 12 April 2016 Northern Ireland document updated
30. 9 March 2016 Active document updated
31. 10 February 2016 Great Britain and Ireland documents updated
32. 12 January 2016 Documents updated
33. 9 November 2015 Updated documents for October 2015.
34. 6 October 2015 GB and Northern Ireland publications updated.
35. 6 October 2015 First published.
36. 10 September 2015 Documents updated for August 2015
37. 12 June 2015 Statistics for Northern Ireland updated for May 2015
38. 9 June 2015 Great Britain document updated for May 2015
39. 5 March 2015 Updated statistics as of 28th Feb