NR AWEC
AU Diederich,S.E.; Van Dyck,K.
TI The European Union (EU)-wide survey for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in European Cervids: design of the survey, objectives and implementation
QU International Conference - Prion 2006: Strategies, advances and trends towards protection of society - 3.10.-6.10.2006, Torino, Italy, Lingotto Conference Centre, Workshop of the Neuroprion Cervid Group - Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): Current knowledge and European perspective 2006, 3.10.2006
PT Konferenz-Vortrag
AB CWD has never been detected in a cervid in the EU. Nevertheless recognising cervids in Europe could potentially have been exposed to CWD, through imports, as well as to other TSEs, the European Commission (EC) sought the advice of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) experts and consulted Member States' experts on the design of a suitable survey for Europe; North American experts were also consulted. Practical considerations were taken into account in discussing the scope, diagnostics and time frame for a potential survey. These elements were elaborated further in discussions with the Member States. Regulatory process required a change to TSE Regulation 999/2001 to allow the survey to take place; the legal basis to launch the survey should be in place in the latter half of 2006, allowing a start during the 2006 hunting season. The survey will be conducted over 2 hunting seasons, finishing in early 2008. The goal of the survey is to detect CWD if it is present in red or white-tailed deer in the EU. Member States with sufficiently large wild (red and white-tailed) or farmed (red) deer populations to allow them to achieve meaningful sample sizes will in particular be targeted. Other Member States will participate through collection of samples from particularly highrisk animals (clinically sick, fallen and road-killed deer). Member States will take into consideration geographical and epidemiological risk factors when selecting deer for sampling; targeted deer will be over 18 months; in wild deer, males will be particularly targeted. Rapid testing of hindbrain samples, as agreed by the Community Reference Laboratory (CRL) for TSEs, will be used. Follow-up on any non-negative result will be supervised by the CRL. Member States will be required to submit reports of their deer testing annually, and the EC will assess those data and take further action where appropriate.
AD Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection European Commission, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium. E-mail: sinead.diederich@ec.europa.eu
SP englisch
PO Italien