Chronicle of German Scrapie Cases

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Chronicle of German Scrapie Cases

Roland Heynkes, 17 September 2007

Remarks

No. Herd of Scrapie case Date of confirmation Details
187 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County ?
17/9/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed atypical Scrapie in an emergency slaughtered or fallen sheep.
188 Hessen
District ?
County ?
28/8/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept in a flock of 238 heads.
187 Bayern
District Unterfranken
County ?
11/6/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed atypical Scrapie in a sheep.
186 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
7/5/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept in a flock of 300 heads and died.
185 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
County ?
3/4/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to information forwarded by the BMELV had been kept in a flock of 76 heads and was slaughtered as healthy.
184 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
19/3/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept in a flock of 252 animals and died.
183 Bayern
District Unterfranken
County ?
16/3/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept in a flock of 319 heads and died.
182 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
13/3/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept in a flock of BMELV 192 heads and died.
181 Brandenburg
District ?
County ?
6/3/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept in a flock of 1000 heads and died.
180 Sachsen
District Chemnitz
County Aue-Schwarzenberg
2/3/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed atypical Scrapie in a fallen sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept all by itself.
179 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
1/3/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept in a flock of 164 heads and died.
178 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County ?
14/2/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept in a flock of 815 heads and died.
177 Hessen
District ?
County ?
15/1/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept in a flock of 182 heads and died.
176 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
15/1/07 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed Scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV had been kept in a flock of 720 heads and died.
175 Bayern
District Schwaben
County ?
22/12/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep. This case - like roughly 80% of the German scrapie outbreaks - belongs to the so-called atypical scrapie cases. This scrapie strain infects also sheep of the genotype ARR/ARR (often claimed to be scrapie resistant) and cannot be detected by all rapid tests. The Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment , Health and Consumer Protection opinionates contrary to the facts that this atypical scrapie disease will only occur in individual animals, does not spread, and will accordingly not lead to the culling of the whole flock. Actually, even this atypical scrapie infection can be found in more than one animal per flock [ARUU]. Moreover, also with regard to the classical scrapie strains culling of the whole flock has been obsolete for a long time.
174 Bayern
District Niederbayern
County ?
5/12/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a slaughter sheep.
173 Sachsen
District
Chemnitz, County
Freiberg
5/12/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
172 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
28/11/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 35 animals.
171 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District ?
County ?
10/11/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 3 animals.
170 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
27/10/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 300 animals.
169 Bayern
District Oberbayern
, County ?
17/10/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 5 animals.
168 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
13/9/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 1.065 animals.
167 Thüringen
County ?
7/6/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a killed or fallen sheep.
166 Thüringen
County ?
6/6/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a killed or fallen sheep.
165 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District ?
County ?
16/5/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 36 animals.
164 Sachsen
District Dresden
County Kamenz
16/5/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
163 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County ?
28/3/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
162 Bayern
District Oberpfalz
County ?
23/3/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
161 Brandenburg
County ?
22/3/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 650 animals.
160 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County ?
20/3/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
159 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District ?
County ?
16/3/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 33 animals.
158 Niedersachsen
District ?
County ?
20/2/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 10 animals.
157 Thüringen
County ?
17/2/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep.
156 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District ?
County ?
16/2/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 9 animals.
155 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County ?
9/2/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
154 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County ?
8/2/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
153 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
24/1/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 585 animals.
152 Niedersachsen
District ?
County ?
20/1/06 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 652 animals.
151 Baden-Württemberg
District Karlsruhe
County ?
13/12/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a slaughter sheep. This is the last of 30 scrapie sheep in the year 2005 on which I received information. The EU Annual TSE Report for the year 2005, however, lists on page 79 for Germany 26 scrapie outbreaks which involved a total of 46 scrapie-infected sheep.
150 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District ?
County ?
9/12/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 9 animals.
149 Baden-Württemberg
District Freiburg
County ?
25/11/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep.
148 Sachsen
District Dresden
County Weißeritzkreis
24/11/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a slaughter sheep.
147 Niedersachsen
District ?
County ?
18/11/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 750 animals.
146 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District ?
County ?
15/11/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 35 animals.
145 Hessen
District ?
County ?
12/10/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 1.200 animals.
144 Brandenburg
County ?
12/8/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 580 animals.
143 Hessen
District ?
County ?
24/6/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 9 animals.
142 Brandenburg
County ?
17/6/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 600 animals.
141 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County ?
15/6/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
140 Sachsen
District ?
County ?
13/6/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a slaughter sheep originating from Sachsen.
139 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
9/6/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 2.780 animals.
138 Niedersachsen
District ?
County ?
18/5/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMVEL consisted of 11 animals.
137 Baden-Württemberg
District ?
County ?
13/5/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep originating from a flock that according to the BMELV consisted of 800 animals.
136 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County ?
13/5/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
134,135 Baden-Württemberg
District Freiburg
County ?
12/5/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in two sheep originating from two flocks.
133 Baden-Württemberg
District Karlsruhe
County ?
25/4/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
132 Bayern
District Schwaben
County ?
22/4/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
131 Sachsen-Anhalt
District ?
County ?
23/3/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in at least one sheep that according to the BMELV originated from a flock consisting of 1550 animals.
130 Bayern
District Oberfranken
County ?
22/3/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
129 Bayern
District Schwaben
County ?
21/2/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a diseased or fallen sheep.
128 Bayern
District Mittelfranken
County ?
21/2/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a slaughtered sheep.
127 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County ?
4/2/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
126 Hessen
District Darmstadt
County ?
6/1/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep originating from a herd consisting of several flocks with a total of 1.400 animals.
125 Hessen
District Darmstadt
County ?
6/1/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep originating from a herd of ca. 1.100 animals.
124 Hessen
District Darmstadt
County ?
6/1/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep kept in a hobby flock consisting of 16 Heidschnucken.
123 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County ?
3/1/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
122 Baden-Württemberg
District Stuttgart
County ?
3/1/05 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in an 8-year-old sheep that had been killed because of abnormal behaviour.
121 Baden-Württemberg
District Tübingen
County ?
22/10/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep that had been slaughtered in Hessen. This is the last of 37 scrapie sheep in 2004 on which I received information. The EU Annual TSE Report for 2004, however, lists on page 77 for Germany 43 scrapie outbreaks which involved a total of 100 scrapie-infected sheep.
120 Hessen
District Darmstadt
County ?
22/10/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
119 Hessen
District Gießen
County ?
22/10/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep.
118 Bayern
District Unterfranken
Aschaffenburg
22/9/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a male sheep.
117 Hessen
District Gießen
County Lahn-Dill-Kreis
21/9/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a breeding ewe (according to information forwarded by the BMVEL.
116 Niedersachsen
District Weser-Ems
County Cloppenburg
20/9/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a breeding ewe (according to information forwarded by the BMVEL.
115 Rheinland-Pfalz
former District Koblenz
County Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
20/9/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a breeding ewe (according to information forwarded by the BMVEL.
114 Thüringen
County Greiz
7/9/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep which according to information forwarded by the BMVEL was a breeding ewe.
113 Niedersachsen
District Lüneburg
County Rotenburg an der Wümme
2/9/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a breeding ewe (according to information forwarded by the BMVEL.
112 Niedersachsen
District Hannover
County Diepholz
26/8/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in an over 1-year-old sheep (according to information forwarded by the BMVEL.
111 Bayern
District Oberfranken
County Hof
2/8/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep which according to information forwarded by the BMVEL was over 1 year old.
110 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Münster
County Warendorf
21/7/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a breeding ewe (according to information forwarded by the BMVEL.
109 Brandenburg
County Havelland
7/7/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a breeding ewe (according to information forwarded by the BMVEL). According to Gretzschel et al. it was a classical scrapie strain [ARUU].
108 Bayern
District Oberbayern
County Fürstenfeldbruck
7/7/04 The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed scrapie in a sheep that according to the BMVEL was over 1 year old.
107 Bayern
District Oberfranken
County Forchheim
4/6/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep that according to the BMVEL was over 1 year old.
106 Baden-Württemberg
District Tübingen
County Sigmaringen
12/5/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep that according to the BMVEL was over 1 year old.
105 Sachsen-Anhalt
District Dessau
County Anhalt-Zerbst
6/5/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep that according to the BMVEL was a female ewe. In his research report 2004 Prof. Fries announces the culling of 52 lambs and 169 sheep in the county Anhalt-Zerbst following the post mortem detection of scrapie in two sheep originating from this flock. The sheep died or were slaughtered on the 19th or the 22nd of March resp. in Niedersachen. In discussions at several meetings I heard of a considerable number of confirmed scrapie cases within these culled animals, but unfortunately they were not publicly notified. A paper by Gretzschel informs on 11 scrapie sheep in the county of Anhalt-Zerbst as well as one other unpublished scrapie sheep in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the year 2004 [ARUU]. Only in 2007 published Reckzeh et al. [AXDV] that the index case of the scrapie outbreak had been detected as early as December 2003 while notification of the case occurred only in May 2004. According to Reckzeh et al. the sheep of the flock were genotyped and 169 highly susceptible animals of the remaining 603 sheep of the flock were culled and screened by the Biorad-ELISA. By means of this test another 40 subclinical scrapie cases were found. An immunhistochemic examination of peripheral and neuronal tissues of the sheep that were screened negative identified further 13 scrapie cases. Accordingly 53 subclinically infected sheep have to be added to this rather late published case.
104 Bayern
District Oberfranken
County Lichtenfels
30/4/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep that was not counted by BMELV as scrapie case due to the fact that not individual cases but only outbreaks are reported and the case in question originated from the same flock as case number 94. Normally these cases will not be published, however, as in this case Bayern published it enabling me to do the same.
103 Thüringen
County Greiz
26/4/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in an over 1-year-old breeding ewe (according to the BMVEL. According to Gretzschel et al. it was caused by a classical scrapie strain [ARUU].
102 Baden-Württemberg
District Tübingen
County Biberach
15/4/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a breeding ewe (according to information forwarded by the BMVEL).
101 Baden-Württemberg
District Tübingen
County Zollernalbkreis
7/4/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in an over 1-year-old sheep (according to information forwarded by the BMVEL).
100 Rheinland-Pfalz
former District Koblenz
County Altenkirchen im Westerwald
5/4/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in an over 1-year-old sheep (according to information forwarded by the BMVEL.
99 Hessen
District Kassel
County Hersfeld-Rotenburg
31/3/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep, specified by information forwarded by the BMVEL as a wether.
98 Baden-Württemberg
District Karlsruhe
County Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
29/3/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep. BMVEL specified the sheep as a breeding female.
97 Baden-Württemberg
District Freiburg
County Rottweil
24/3/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep which could not further be specified by the BMVEL.
96 Baden-Württemberg
District Tübingen
County Sigmaringen
24/3/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in an allegedly 17-year-old fallen sheep specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ewe.
95 Niedersachsen
District Weser-Ems
County Leer
22/3/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in an - according to the BMVEL - over 1-year-old sheep which had been sold in December from its herd of origin in Sachsen-Anhalt to Niedersachsen where it died. In his Research Report 2004 Professor Fries declares that both sheep had been tested positive at the time of slaughter (p.25) resp. during the post mortem routine test carried out within the frame of the meat inspection (p.27).
94 Niedersachsen
District Lüneburg
County Cuxhaven
19/3/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep. According to information forwarded by the BMVEL the animal was over 1 year old and had been sold from Sachsen-Anhalt to Niedersachsen only in December 2003 where it died. In his Research Report 2004 Professor Fries declares that both sheep had been tested positive at the time of slaughter (S.25) resp. during the post mortem routine test carried out within the frame of meat inspection (S.27).
93 Baden-Württemberg
District Tübingen
Zollernalbkreis
18/3/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in an - according to the BMVEL - over 1-year-old sheep.
92 Rheinland-Pfalz
former District Koblenz
County Cochem-Zell
18/3/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in an - according to the BMVEL over 1-year-old sheep.
91 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Münster
County Borken
11/3/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a - according to the BMVEL breeding ewe. According to Gretschel et al. this case was caused by a classical scrapie strain [ARUU].
90 Baden-Württemberg
District Tübingen
County Ravensburg
8/3/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep specified by the BMVEL as breeding ewe.
89 Baden-Württemberg
District Freiburg
County Rottweil
13/2/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a slaughtered sheep specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ram.
88 Bayern
District Oberfranken
City of Bayreuth
3/2/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep, specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ewe.
87 Baden-Württemberg
District Karlsruhe
County Karlsruhe
26/1/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep which originated from a moving flock and was found dead on its winter pasture ground in the district of Karlsruhe. BMVEL specified the animal as over 1-year-old sheep.
86 Thüringen
County Wartburgkreis
14/1/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in an - according to the BMVEL - breeding ewe.
85 Bayern
District Mittelfranken
County Ansbach
13/1/04 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a slaughtered sheep, specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ewe.
84 Thüringen
County Wartburgkreis
22/12/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep specified by the BMVEL as breeding ewe.
83 Baden-Württemberg
, District
Karlsruhe
18/12/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep specified by the BMVEL as breeding ram.
82 Sachsen
County Löbau-Zittau
26/11/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep specified by the BMVEL as breeding ewe.
81 Baden-Württemberg
District Freiburg
County Lörrach
24/11/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a slaughter sheep, specified by the BMVEL as breeding ewe.
80 Bayern
District Oberbayern
21/11/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a slaugher sheep, specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ewe.
79 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Düsseldorf
County Viersen
20/11/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep which had become a suspect within the frame of routine tests carried out in at least 1-year-old fallen sheep on the 15th of November 2003 by the State Veterinary Investigation Office Krefeld. (BMVEL) specified the sheep as an over 1-year-old breeding ewe. According to Gretschel et al. in this County of Viersen two other scrapie sheep were detected as infected by a classical scrapie strain [ARUU].
78 Niedersachsen
District Hannover
14/11/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep specified by the BMVEL as breeding ewe.
77 Thüringen
County Saale-Holzland-Kreis
17/10/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep specified by the BMVEL as breeding ewe.
76 Bayern
District Oberfranken
16/10/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a slaughter sheep, specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ewe.
75 Niedersachsen
District Hannover
8/10/03 The BFAV confirmed the scrapie suspicion in a sheep (BMVEL).
74 Sachsen
County Löbau-Zittau
9/9/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a slaughtered sheep specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ewe.
73 Baden-Württemberg
, District
Karlsruhe
14/8/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a slaughter sheep, specified by the BMVEL as over 1-year-old.
72 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Detmold
8/8/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep specified by the BMVEL as breeding ewe. According to Gretschel et al. within the County of Minden-Lübecke 4 scrapie sheep were detected as infected with one of the classical scrapie strains [ARUU].
71 Thüringen
County Ilm-Kreis
31/7/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in an over-1-year-old sheep (BMVEL).
70 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
County Müritz
2/6/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep, specified by the BMVEL as over 1 year old.
69 Brandenburg
County Uckermark
20/5/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep, specified by the BMVEL as over 1 year old.
68 Sachsen
District Leipzig
10/4/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep slaughtered in Sachsen on the 1st of April 2003 (Sachsen meanwhile removed its respective press release.). BMVEL specified the animal as breeding ewe.
67 Bayern
District Schwaben
27/3/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep, specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ewe.
66 Sachsen
District Dresden
County Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis
11/3/03 The BFAV confirmed a scrapie infection in a breeding ewe (BMVEL), which had died during lambing.
65 Hessen
District Kassel
County Fulda
25/2/03 The BFAV confirmed the scrapie suspicion risen due to the results of a rapid test carried out in a slaughter sheep within the frame of routine testing in the State Veterinary Investigation Office of Hessen in Gießen on the 19.2.2003. The sheep was specified as breeding ewe (BMVEL). Meanwhile Hessen is annually testing 10.000 of its roughly 250.000 slaughter sheep and additionally ca. 3000 fallen animals.
64 Baden-Württemberg
District Karlsruhe
County Freudenstadt
5/2/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep, specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ewe.
63 Baden-Württemberg
District Karlsruhe
County Calw
29/1/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep, specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ewe.
62 Baden-Württemberg
District Stuttgart
County Heidenheim
22/1/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep, which had been killed in the wake of case 60.
61 Bayern
District Mittelfranken
7/1/03 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep, specified by the BMVEL as a breeding ewe.
60 Baden-Württemberg
District Stuttgart
County Heidenheim
20/11/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a healthy slaughtered sheep.
59 Baden-Württemberg
District Stuttgart
County Göppingen
25/10/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a healthy slaughtered sheep.
58 Baden-Württemberg
District Tübingen
County Tübingen
24/10/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a healthy slaughtered ewep.
57 Baden-Württemberg
District Karlsruhe
County Freudenstadt
16/10/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a ewe. For the first time all animals of the 1800-head flock shall be spared the culling which due to known genetically based resistances will not succumb to the disease. However, whether these scrapie resistant sheep will also be unable to spread the disease remains unclear.
56 Bayern
District Oberpfalz
County Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
2/8/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep which had already shown gait disturbances.
55 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Arnsberg
County Hochsauerlandkreis
5/7/02 A three-year-old fallen ram stood out as scrapie-positiv at the routine testing compulsory in Nordrhein-Westfalen for fallen sheep.
54 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
County Nordwestmecklenburg
3/7/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a fallen sheep. (Information kindly forwarded by Mrs. Dr. Heyne, Head of Unit for Control of Animal Diseases and Rendering in the Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture, Forests and Fishery Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
53 Hessen
District Kassel
County Fulda
12/6/02 The BFAV confirmed the scrapie suspicion which had arisen from the results of a rapid test carried out in the frame of routine testing of slaughter sheep by the State Veterinary Investigation Office Hessen in Gießen on the 31.5.2002.
52 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
County Rügen
11/6/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a ram culled within the frame of measures taken in the wake of cases 32-42. (Information kindly forwarded by Mrs. Dr. Heyne, Head of Unit for Control of Animal Diseases and Rendering in the Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture, Forests and Fishery Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
51 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
County Demmin
11/6/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep culled within the frame of measures taken in the wake of cases 32-42. (Information kindly forwarded by Mrs. Dr. Heyne, Head of Unit for Control of Animal Diseases and Rendering in the Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture, Forests and Fishery Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
48-50 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
County Güstrow
5/6/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in 3 rams, culled within the frame of measures taken in the wake of cases 32-42. (Information kindly forwarded by Mrs. Dr. Heyne, Head of Unit for Control of Animal Diseases and Rendering in the Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture, Forests and Fishery Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
47 Hessen
District Darmstadt
County Groß-Gerau
3/6/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a slaughtered sheep which had stood out by a positive result of the rapid test carried out within the frame of routine testing by the State Veterinary Investigation Office of Hessen in Gießen on the am 27th of May 2002.
46 Baden-Württemberg
District Freiburg
County Tuttlingen
8/5/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a ewe.
43,44,45 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
County Güstrow
8/5/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in 3 sheep one of which had died and two of which had become clinically suspect. Rapid tests carried out by the State Veterinary and Food Investigation Office gave a positive result. These 3 sheep originated from the flock of case 31 and had been sold into 3 other flocks. Two of them were male and did not require culling of the herd. One, however, was female and had lambed several times in its new flock. Therefore this flock will be culled and all over 18-month-old sheep will be tested. (Information kindly forwarded by Mrs. Dr. Heyne, Head of Unit for Control of Animal Diseases and Rendering in the Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture, Forests and Fishery Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
32-42 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
County Güstrow
3/4/02 Already before Easter in the rendering plant Malchin brain samples of fallen sheep originating from 12 flocks in 8 counties had been sampled one of which turned out to be scrapie-positive. The identity and origin of the scrapie sheep could not be determined. Therefore as a measure of precaution all 12 flocks were put under quarantine and were tested. Finally under the 12 suspected flocks one with a scrapie outbreak was found and in this flock another 10 cases were identified. (Information kindly forwarded by Mrs. Dr. Heyne, Head of Unit for Control of Animal Diseases and Rendering in the Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture, Forests and Fishery Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
31 Hessen
District Kassel
County Fulda
28/3/02 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep that had died and was tested by a rapid test within the frame of routine testing.
23-30 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Münster
County Borken
18/2/02
(11/3/02)
On the 19th of February 2002 109 Suffolk sheep of a hobby owner in Bocholt had to be culled by order of the County of Borken following the confirmation of scrapie in 3 animals of the flock. Of the culled sheep 58 were tested and 4 of the clinically inconspicious animals proved to be scrapie infected by the 11th of March, 2001. According to information kindly forwarded by Mrs. Dr. Stolze of the BFAV, Island of Riems, 10 days later another sheep in this flock turned out to be positive.
22 Hessen
District Darmstadt
County Odenwaldkreis
3/12/01 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a sheep that had died on the 23rd of November, 2001, and was tested by a rapid test within the frame of TSE monitoring..
21 Sachsen-Anhalt
District Dessau
County Bernburg
9/11/01 In a four-year-old ewe that had died in its flock scrapie was confirmed. The flock was put under quarantine and all sheep of the flock were tested..
20 Baden-Württemberg
District Freiburg
County Konstanz
26/4/01 The BFAV confirmed in a ewe originating from a flock of 29 heads the sheep disease scrapie.
17,18,19 Brandenburg
County Potsdam-Mittelmark
26/1/99 The BFAV confirmed by immuno blot the scrapie suspicion in 1 diseased and 1 fallen sheep which had fallen ill showing central nervous symptoms (BFAV Wusterhausen). According to information kindly forwarded by Mrs. Dr. Stolze of the BFAV, Island of Riems, in this flock another sheep was tested with a positive result.
16 Baden-Württemberg
District Karlsruhe
County Calw
31/3/98 The BFAV confirmed by immuno blot the scrapie suspicion in a 4-year-old Merino sheep showing clinical central nervous symptoms (Information: BFAV Wusterhausen)
14+15 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Detmold
County Gütersloh
12/1/98 The BFAV confirmed scrapie in a Suffolk ewe on the 12th of January 1998 (Information: NRW-Tierseuchenkasse). According to information kindly forwarded by Mrs. Dr. Stolze, BFAV, Island of Riems, in this flock another sheep tested positive for scrapie.
13 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Detmold
County Lippe
5/12/97 On the 5th of December 1997 the BFAV confirmed by immuno blot the scrapie suspicion arisen in a cross bred sheep because of central nervous symptoms on the 27th of November 1997. (Report of the Federal Government)
10,11,12 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Detmold
County Gütersloh
31/7/96 On the 31st of July 1996 the BFAV confirmed by immuno blot the scrapie suspicion which had arisen on the 24th of June 1996 because of central nervous symptoms in 3 two-and-a half-year-old, three-and-a-half-year-old and five-and-a-half-year-old Suffolk ewes which had been bought from the flock of case 7. (Report of the Federal Government)
9 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Detmold
County Gütersloh
10/7/96 On the 10th of July 1996 the BFAV confirmed by immuno blot the scrapie suspicion in a three-year-old Suffolk ewe which had arisen on the 20th of June 1996 because of central nervous symptoms. In the year 1995 2 Suffolk ewes and 15 lambs had been bought from the flock of cases 10,11 and 12. (Report of the Federal Government)
8 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Detmold
County Gütersloh
10/7/96 On the 10th of July 1996 he BFAV confirmed by immuno blot the scrapie suspicion in a three-year-old Suffolk ewe which had arisen on the 17th of June 1996 due to central nervous symptoms (Report of the Federal Government)
7 Nordrhein-Westfalen
District Detmold
County Gütersloh
14/6/96 On the 14th of June 1996 the BFAV confirmed by immuno blot the scrapie suspicion in a less than 2-year-old Suffolk ewe which had arisen on the 8th of May 1996 because of central nervous symptoms. (Report of the Federal Government)
5+6 Baden-Württemberg
District Freiburg
County Ortenaukreis
7/8/95 On the 7th of August 1995 the BFAV confirmed by immunoblot the scrapie suspicion in a three-year-old Suffolk cross bred and a three-year-old Blackhead sheep which had arisen on the 26th of May 1995 due to central nervous symptoms. (Report of the Federal Government)
3+4 Hessen
District Gießen
County Marburg
17/5/91 On the 23rd of April 1994 scrapie suspicion arose in a three-year-old Suffolk ewe and another Suffolk sheep due to central nervous symptoms. The suspicion was confirmed by the Bundesgesundheitsamt in Berlin on the 17th of May 1991 by immuno blot. (Report of the Federal Government)
2 Baden-Württemberg
District Freiburg
County Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
25/7/90 On the 25th of July 1990 the BFAV confirmed a scrapie suspicion which had arisen in February 1989 in a Suffolk ewe due to central nervous symptoms after successful transmission in an animal experiment. (Report of the Federal Government)
1 Baden-Württemberg
District Karlsruhe
County Enzkreis
21/5/85 On the 21st of May 1985 the BFAV stated histopathologically scrapie suspicion in a Suffolk ewe which was confirmed 1.5 years later by successful transmission to other sheep. (Report of the Federal Government)

Remarks

With regard to this scrapie chronicle one has to bear in mind that the number of notified scrapie cases is bound to increase with the number of tests carried out, and that sheep owners are still able to clandestinely dispose of suspect sheep as sheep contrary to cattle need not be marked and registered as individuals. Additionally, German scrapie cases are not always made public by press release and are not individually listed in publicly accessable official chronicles. This impedes the compilation of data and also renders this chronicle partly unreliable. For the 1980ies and the 1990ies as well as for the year 2003, however, the BMVEL kindly forwarded its data to me. With regard to the obligations of the Federal Ministry to the Federal States I am not in a position to name communities and counties unless they have already been published by other sources like AHO. Moreover, some Federal States are not subdivided into districts.

Despite increasing test numbers we shall not gain a reliable impression of the actual scrapie incidence in Germany as long as there is no sufficiently sensitive scrapie test like the Lelystad test which can be used in a larger sample of healthy sheep and goats. The testing of diseased or fallen sheep would only make sense if such animals could not be disposed of unnotified. Since the 1st of April 2002 an EU-wide scrapie monitoring program was implemented according to which Germany has to test 60.000 slaughter sheep and 6.000 fallen sheep. This is not very expedient as in Germany mostly lambs are slaughtered, making it difficult to achieve testing in 60.000 adult slaughter animals. On the other side the sample size of only 6.000 fallen sheep is too small. This number is, however, to my knowledge exceeded in Germany.

Annoyingly - like in the early days with regard to BSE - the assumption is habitually repeated that according to current knowledge the sheep disease scrapie is not dangerous for humans, although this assumption cannot be substantiated by the meager epidemiological data. In vitro normal human prion protein is equally efficiently or inefficiently misfolded by scrapie prions as by BSE prions (Raymond,G.J.; Hope,J.; Kocisko,D.A.; Priola,S.A.; Raymond,L.D.; Bossers,A.; Ironside,J.; Will,R.G.; Chen,S.G.; Petersen,R.B.; Gambetti,P.; Rubenstein,R.; Smits,M.A.; Lansbury,P.T.; Caughey,B. - Molecular assessment of the potential transmissibilities of BSE and scrapie to humans - Nature 1997 July 17; 388(6639): 285-8). In my opinion the absence of scientific data is misused by the authorities to play down the risk.

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