NR AWMP
AU Roels,S.L.M.F.; De Bosschere,H.; Saegerman,C.; Linden,A.; Neukermans,A.; Berkvens,D.; Casaer,J.; Vanopdenbosch,E.
TI Chronic Wasting surveillance (CWD) in Belgium: preliminary data
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-23
PT Konferenz-Poster
AB In accordance with the opinion of the European Scientific Steering Committee, a preliminary (active) surveillance scheme was installed, in order to improve the knowledge of the CWD status of wild cervids (roe deer & red deer) in Belgium. For this we used 866 samples of spleen (roe deer and red deer) collected in the South-Eastern part and 206 samples of spleen and 222 brain samples from roe deer of the Northern part of Belgium. We used both the TeSeE capture ELISA (Bio-Rad) as the antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA) (Idexx) technique combined with immunohistochemistry (R524, 2G11 & 12F10) as a confirmatory test. There were no indications on the occurrence of TSE (CWD) in any of the samples. A Bayesian framework was used for the estimation of the true prevalence of CWD in Belgium. This was estimated to have a median value of zero with a 95th percentile value of 0.00115 for the spleen samples of the South-Eastern part and 0.0049 and 0.0045 for the spleen and brain samples of the Northern part respectively.
AD S. Roels, H. De Bosschere, E. Vanopdenbosch: National Reference Laboratory for veterinary TSEs (Belgium & Luxembourg) Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA/CERVA), Department of Biocontrol, Section of Pathology, Groeselenberg 99, B-1180 Brussels (Ukkel), Belgium; C. Saegerman, A. Linden: Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege Boulevard de Colonster, 20, B43b, B-4000 Liege, Belgium; A. Neukermans, J. Casaer: Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Gaverstraat 4, 9500 Geraardsbergen, Belgium; D. Berkvens: Department of Tropical Animal Health and Production, Epidemiology and Statistics, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium. E-mail: stroe@var.fgov.be
SP englisch
PO Italien