Number of cases in the United Kingdom Number of reported cases worldwide (excluding the United Kingdom) Cases in imported animals only Annual incidence rate

Number of cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) reported in the United Kingdom (1)
Alderney
Guernsey (3)
Isle of Man (2)
Jersey
Total
United Kingdom
0 442 4 0 0 0 446
0 2 469 34 6 1 4 2 514
1989
 0 7 137 52 6 4 29 7 228
1990
 0 14 181 83 22 8 113 14 407
1991
 0 25 032 75 67 15 170 25 359
1992
 0 36 682 92 109 23 374 37 280
1993
 0 34 370 115 111 35 459 35 090
1994
 2 23 945 69 55 22 345 24 438
1995
 0 14 302 44 33 10 173 14 562
1996
 0 8 016 36 11 12 74 8 149
1997
 0 4 312 44 9 5 23 4 393
1998
 0 3 179 25 5 8 18 3 235
1999
 0 2 274 11 3 6 7 2 301
0 1 355 13 0 0 75 1 443
2001
 0 1,113 2 0 0 87 1,202
2002
 0 1,044 1 0 1 98 1,144
2003
 0 549 0 0 0 62 611
2004
 0 309 0 0 0 34 343
0 203 0 0 0 22 225
0 104 0 0 0 10 114
0 53 0 0 0 14 67
0 33 0 0 0 4 37
2009(5) 0 9 0 0 0 3 12

(1) Cases are shown by year of restriction.

(2) In the isle of Man BSE is confirmed on the basis of a laboratory examination of tissues for the first case on a farm and thereafter by clinical signs only. However, all cases in animals born after the introduction of the feed ban have been subjected to histopathological/scrapie-associated fibrils analysis. To date, a total of 277 animals have been confirmed on clinical grounds only.

(3) In Guernsey BSE is generally confirmed on the basis of clinical signs only. To date, a total of 600 animals have been confirmed without laboratory examination.

(4) Cases prior to BSE being made notifiable are shown by year of report, apart from cases in Great Britain which are shown by year of clinical onset of disease.

(5) Data as of 30 September 2009.

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Last update :27-Jan-2010 (fr)