Research and analysis

Cattle: TSE surveillance statistics

Statistics on the surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in cattle in the United Kingdom.

Published 11 February 2015
Last updated 8 October 2018 — see all updates

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency

Documents

Overview of Great Britain statistics

PDF, 504KB, 5 pages

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General statistics

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Age and related statistics

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List of BARB cases

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Details

These documents provide statistics on the number of cases of TSE disease found through the active and passive disease surveillance of cattle in the United Kingdom.

Cases of TSE disease identified in cattle from passive surveillance in United Kingdom have been recorded since 1986. The United Kingdom carried out limited active surveillance in cattle from 1999 to 2001. The European Union active surveillance programme started in July 2001.

European law requires all Member States to carry out active disease surveillance for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle. The testing programme includes:

• cattle over 48 months of age which die or are killed other than for human consumption (fallen cattle)
• cattle over 48 months of age which are emergency slaughtered or show certain abnormalities at ante-mortem inspection

These age thresholds apply to cattle born in the United Kingdom or in other EU member states except Bulgaria and Romania. For cattle born elsewhere the age thresholds are 24 months for fallen cattle or emergency slaughtered cattle, and 30 months for healthy fallen cattle.

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

Published 11 February 2015
Last updated 8 October 2018 + show all updates

1. 8 October 2018 Documents updated
2. 10 September 2018 Documents updated
3. 15 August 2018 Documents updated
4. 10 July 2018 Cattle documents updated
5. 11 June 2018 Cattle documents updated
6. 9 May 2018 Documents updated
7. 18 April 2018 Documents updated
8. 8 March 2018 Cattle documents updated
9. 28 February 2018 Removed 'cattle over 72 months which are healthy and slaughtered for human consumption' bullet under testing programme includes section.
10. 6 February 2018 Documents updated
11. 11 January 2018 Updated documents
12. 12 December 2017 Updated documents
13. 9 November 2017 Documents updated
14. 20 October 2017 Updated cattle documents
15. 7 September 2017 Updated cattle documents
16. 3 August 2017 Updated documents
17. 6 July 2017 Cattle documents updated
18. 13 June 2017 Updated cattle documents
19. 10 May 2017 Cattle age and Overview of Great Britain documents updated
20. 7 April 2017 Updated cattle documents
21. 8 March 2017 List of BARB cases updated
22. 8 March 2017 Updated cattle documents
23. 8 February 2017 Documents updated
24. 11 January 2017 Documents updated
25. 9 December 2016 Documents updated
26. 10 November 2016 Cattle documents updated
27. 27 October 2016 Cattle age document updated
28. 7 October 2016 List of BARB cases document updated
29. 7 October 2016 Cattle documents updated
30. 13 September 2016 Cattle documents updated
31. 12 August 2016 Cattle documents updated
32. 7 July 2016 Documents updated
33. 10 May 2016 Cattle documents updated
34. 11 April 2016 Cattle documents updated
35. 14 March 2016 Cattle documents updated
36. 10 February 2016 Cattle documents updated
37. 12 January 2016 Documents updated
38. 8 December 2015 Cattle documents updated for November 2015
39. 9 November 2015 Updated documents for October 2015.
40. 6 October 2015 Updated statistics for September 2015
41. 10 September 2015 Documents updated for August 2015
42. 9 June 2015 Documents updated for May 2015
43. 11 February 2015 First published.
44. 1 October 2014 AHVLA documents have been re-assigned to the new Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).