Research and analysis

Goats: TSE surveillance statistics

From:: Animal and Plant Health Agency
Part of:: TSE disease surveillance statistics
Published:: 6 October 2015
Last updated:: 3 August 2017, see all updates

Statistics on the active and passive surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in goats in Great Britain.

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TSE surveillance statistics: goats

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Details

Cases of TSE disease found in goats from passive surveillance in Great Britain have been recorded since 1993. The European Union active surveillance programme started in January 2002.

In active surveillance, the number of sheep sampled in the testing programme has varied each year. It has always included:

a sample of fallen goats over 18 months of age.
a sample of healthy slaughtered goats over 18 months of age (no longer in place)

Cases which have been identified from herds in the Compulsory Scrapie Flock Scheme (CSFS) are shown separately.

APHA attempt to trace all cases of scrapie back to their natal (birth) herd so that it can can confirm disease on the appropriate premises for control measures to be applied. In some cases this can take time. Where a final decision has not been made on where to confirm disease, the case is included in the number of pending cases.

At present no atypical cases of scrapie have been found in British goats.

The following reports are also available:

Sheep and goats: scrapie disease surveillance
Scrapie: TSE surveillance statistics

Document information

Published: 6 October 2015

Updated: 3 August 2017

+ full page history

3 August 2017 Updated document
6 July 2017 Document updated
13 June 2017 Document updated
10 May 2017 Document updated
7 April 2017 Goat document updated
8 March 2017 Updated goat document
8 February 2017 Document updated
11 January 2017 Document updated
9 December 2016 Goat document updated
10 November 2016 Goat document updated
7 October 2016 Goats document updated
13 September 2016 Goat document updated
12 August 2016 Goats document updated
7 July 2016 Document updated
10 May 2016 Goat document updated
11 April 2016 Document updated
10 February 2016 Goat document updated
12 January 2016 Document updated for December 2015
8 December 2015 Document updated for November 2015
9 November 2015 Updated document for October 2015
6 October 2015 Goat publication updated.
6 October 2015 First published.
9 June 2015 Document updated for May 2015
5 March 2015 Statistics updated as of Feb 28th
1 October 2014 AHVLA documents have been re-assigned to the new Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).