BSE - NETHERLANDS (02): (NOORD-BRABANT), OIE

Date: 22 Oct 2010
Source: OIE WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database) Disease
Information 2010; 23(36) [edited]
<http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=9852>


Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Netherlands
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Information received on 20 Oct 2010 from Dr Christianne Bruschke,
Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food
Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The Hague,
Netherlands

Summary
Report type Immediate notification (Final report)
Start date 06 Oct 2010
Date of 1st confirmation of the event 14 Oct 2010
Report date 20 Oct 2010
Date submitted to OIE 20 Oct 2010
Date event resolved 15 Oct 2010
Reason for notification: Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 03 Sep 2010
Manifestation of disease: Sub-clinical infection
Causal agent: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent
Nature of diagnosis: Laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to the whole country

New outbreaks
Outbreak 1 Odiliapeel, Noord-Brabant
Date of start of the outbreak 06 Oct 2010
Outbreak status: Resolved (15 Oct 2010)
Epidemiological unit: Farm
Species Cattle
Susceptible 163
Cases 1
Deaths 0
Destroyed 3
Slaughtered 0

Epidemiology - Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection.
Unknown or inconclusive.

Epidemiological comments - The positive case is a cow born in 1997
before the total feed ban in 2001. Result of a monitoring sample
taken at a rendering plant. In addition to the positive case, 2 other
cows have been culled. One cow from the birth cohort and one
offspring.

Control measures - Measures applied: Modified stamping out; No
vaccination; No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied - No other measures

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: Central Veterinary Institute (CVI)
(Regional Reference Laboratory)
Species Cattle
Test immunohistochemical test
Test date 14 Oct 2010
Result Positive

Species Cattle
Test western blotting
Test date 14 Oct 2010
Result Positive