NR AWDX
AU De Curtis,M.; Barocci,S.; Bona,M.C.; Duranti,A.; Gavaudan,S.; Graziosi,T.; Mancini,P.; Ru,G.; Sabbatini,M.; Barizzone,F.
TI Active surveillance on TSEs of sheep and goats in Marche region since 2002 to 2005
QU International Conference - Prion 2006: Strategies, advances and trends towards protection of society - 3.10.-6.10.2006, Torino, Italy, Lingotto Conference Centre - Poster sessions EPI-04
PT Konferenz-Poster
AB The Regulation (EC) 999/2001 and subsequent modifications, has established the rules for monitoring plan on TSEs of sheep and goats in the Member States. In Italy, the plan allocates an annual sample to the regions for testing healthy slaughtered and dead animals older than 18 months, based on their populations. This work is an evaluation of the active surveillance plan, during the period 2001 - 2005 and of the epidemiological situation about scrapie in Marche region. A total of 161.961 small ruminants was considered as population target (census ISTAT 2001). The annual sample for healthy slaughtered and fallen stock animals and testing percentage were described. 100% of expected samples in healthy slaughtered animals has been done during 2004 and 2005, while in 2002 and 2003 the testing percentage was lower than 100% because of the large sample size. 100% of expected samples in dead animals has been done every year. However the percentage of monitored small ruminants flocks is still low if compared to flocks which are present in the region. The active surveillance program, allowed to detect 8 scrapie outbreaks in sheep flocks of Marche region (prevalence = 0,9% I.C. 95% 0,49 - 1,53). The eradication measures enforced on these outbreaks, according to the Regulation (EC) 2003/1139, detected a prevalence of infection inside flocks, ranging from 1,7% to 16,6%. All the index cases of the outbreaks, were characterized by a sensible genotype to scrapie, with the exception of the sheep in the Gualdo (MC) outbreak, which was confirmed to be the first case of atypical scrapie in the region.
AD M. De Curtis, S Barocci, A. Duranti, S. Gavaudan, T. Graziosi, P. Mancini, M. Sabbatini: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche, Perugia, Italy; C. Bona, G. Ru: Centro di Referenza Nazionale Encefalopatie Animali (CEA), Torino, Italy; F. Barizzone: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy. E-mail: m.decurtis@pg.izs.it
SP englisch
PO Italien