[Source: OIE, full page: (LINK). Edited.]
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Germany
Information received on 17/01/2014 from Dr. Karin Schwabenbauer, Ministerial Dirigentin and Chief Veterinary Officer , Directorate of Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Bundesministerium f?r Ern?hrung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) , Bonn, Germany
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Germany
Information received on 17/01/2014 from Dr. Karin Schwabenbauer, Ministerial Dirigentin and Chief Veterinary Officer , Directorate of Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Bundesministerium f?r Ern?hrung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) , Bonn, Germany
- Summary
- Report type Immediate notification (Final report)
- Date of start of the event 30/12/2013
- Date of pre-confirmation of the event 09/01/2014
- Report date 17/01/2014
- Date submitted to OIE 17/01/2014
- Date event resolved 16/01/2014
- Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
- Date of previous occurrence 22/06/2009
- Manifestation of disease Sub-clinical infection
- Causal agent Prion (atypical BSE L-type)
- Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (advanced)
- This event pertains to the whole country
- New outbreaks (1)
- Outbreak 1 (14-031-00001) 14-031-00001, Eisenh?ttenstadt-Lawitz, Oder-Spree, BRANDENBURG
- Date of start of the outbreak 30/12/2013
- Outbreak status Resolved (16/01/2014)
- Epidemiological unit Farm
- Affected animals: Species ? Susceptible ? Cases ? Deaths ? Destroyed ? Slaughtered
- Cattle - 80 ? 1 ? 0 ? 7 ? 6
- Outbreak 1 (14-031-00001) 14-031-00001, Eisenh?ttenstadt-Lawitz, Oder-Spree, BRANDENBURG
- Summary of outbreaks
- Total outbreaks: 1
- Total animals affected: Species ? Susceptible ? Cases ? Deaths ? Destroyed ? Slaughtered
- Cattle ? 80 ? 1 ? 0 ? 7 ? 6
- Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
- Cattle - 1.25% - 0.00% - 0.00% - 16.25%
- *Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
- Total animals affected: Species ? Susceptible ? Cases ? Deaths ? Destroyed ? Slaughtered
- Total outbreaks: 1
- Epidemiology
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Unknown or inconclusive
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Epidemiological comments
- As part of the German targeted bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance system, a case of BSE classified as atypical (L-type) was identified in a cow at slaughter.
- An epidemiological investigation of the event was conducted.
- The summary of the event is as follows:
- The cow was slaughtered at the age of ten years and five months without clinical signs of disease.
- Results from immunoblot tests at the National Reference Laboratory (Friedrich-Loeffler Institute) confirmed the animal positive for atypical BSE of the L-type, a very rare form of the disease not generally associated with an animal consuming infected feed.
- The animal?s carcass was destroyed. The identified animal did not enter food supply channels, and so at no time did it present any risk to human health.
- The epidemiological investigation identified seven offspring cattle, five of which were already slaughtered and two of which were still on the farm of origin and have been killed and destroyed. The tracing of the bovines born on the farm from one year before until one year after the birth of the identified cow revealed 5 bovines which have subsequently been killed and destroyed.
- The OIE does not recognize an atypical form of BSE as a distinct entity for the purpose of its international standards; therefore, it is not mentioned in the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, which does not distinguish between different forms of BSE.
- Control measures
- Measures applied
- Movement control inside the country
- Screening
- Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
- Modified stamping out
- No vaccination
- No treatment of affected animals
- Measures to be applied
- No other measures
- Measures applied
- Diagnostic test results
- Laboratory name and type ? Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
- Friedrich-Loeffler Institute (FLI) (National laboratory) ? Cattle - western blot - 09/01/2014 ? Positive
- Laboratory name and type ? Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
- Future Reporting
- The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.
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