Implementation of Bovine tuberculosis eradication program in

Implementation of
Bovine Tuberculosis
eradication programme
in Portugal 2013
Brussels, SCOFCAH, 6 maio 2014
Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication
Programme.
Caracterization 2013
N
Regions
Number of
herds
Number of
animals
N
18.672
301.116
C
6.869
138.218
LVT
1.127
91.885
ALT
4.297
594.864
TOTAIS
30.965
1.126.083
Algarve Region is officially
tuberculosis-free in
accordande with Commission
Decision 2012/204/EU of 19
April 2012.
C
LVT
ALT
ALG
Bovine Tuberculosis
herd prevalence and herd incidence 20122013
Nº
positive
herds
Nº new
positive
herds
Prevalence
(%
positive
herds)
Incidence
(% new
positive
herds)
DSVAR
2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013
N
20
34
18
33
0,11 0,20 0,10 0,19
C
17
22
14
17
0,25 0,35 0,21 0,27
LVT
6
3
6
2
0,55 0,29 0,55 0,19
ALT
62
39
40
24
1,50 0,94 0,97 0,58
TOTAL
105
98 78
76
0,35 0,34 0,26 0,27
Tuberculose Bovina – prevalências/incidências
1,00%
0,90%
0,80%
0,74%
0,70%
0,60%
0,59%
0,50%
0,40%
0,261%
0,30%
0,173%
0,20%
0,10%
0,11%
0,041%
0,16%
0,083%
0,26%
0,066%
0,026%0,08%
0,27%
0,048%
0,00%
2007
2008
2009
Prevalência em explorações
2010
2011
Prevalência em animais
2012
(RÑOI)
2013
(RÑOI)
Incidência em explorações
RÑOI - região não oficialmente indemne
Control measures – Pre-movement testing
Compulsory pre-movement testing in order to avoid the
entrance of infected bovines in OF herds.
Year
Herds
Animals
2006
2.291
25.153
2007
3.876
28.491
2008
3.806
35.446
2009
9.375
60.713
2010
9.251
70.176
2011
16.875
97.299
2012
14.900
73.953
2013
15.074
52.655
Control Plan / Large Game Animals
Hunting season (out. 2012- mar. 2013)
Histopat.
Deer
(veado)
Wild
boar
(javali)
Bacteriology
Nº of
hunted
animals
Tipical
lesions
% animals Other
with
lesions
tipical
lesions
M. avium
M.bovi
s
Negative
3646
81
2%
11
1
82
13
% M.
bovis
infection
in
animals
with
lesions
89%
2545
64
3%
47
17
64
33
58%
Hunting season (out. 2013 – mar. 2014). Provisional data.
Nº of
hunted
animals
Deer
(veado)
Wild boar
(javali)
Histopato.
Tipical
lesions
% animals
with tipical
lesions
Other
lesions
Bacteriology
M. avium
M. bovis
Negative
3129
102
3%
2
0
100
11
% M. bovis
infection in
animals
with
lesions
96%
2119
91
4%
23
12
72
37
58%
Official Diagnostic test = Intradermal tuberculin
compared test (IDT).
Age of animals
Infected herds : 6 weeks
Officially tuberculosis free herds:
According with the risk acessment performed from epidemiological data (% of
infected herds in each region) recorded in the last two years, testing policy in
certain region is carried out as following:
Region with % of infected herds at
each of the last two years
Animals tested
< 0,2%
All bovine, males and females, older than 24 months of age
> 0,2% e ≤ 1%
All females older than 6 weeks of age
> 1%
All bovine, males and females, older than 6 weeks of age
Complementary diagnostic tests in 2013
• Gamma-interferon tests – 18
• Histopatologic tests – 193
• Bacteriologic tests – 189
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