As meat consumption is increasing worldwide to cover for protein demands, also raise
concerns and challenges regarding meat hygiene and safety. The current one year follow up …

Since 1987, when bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) emerged as a novel disease in
cattle, enormous efforts were undertaken to monitor and control the disease in ruminants …

Background Ontario provincial abattoirs have the potential to be important sources of
syndromic surveillance data for emerging diseases of concern to animal health, public …

Background Susceptibility of sheep to scrapie infection is known to be modulated by the PrP
genotype of the animal. In the Netherlands an ambitious scrapie control programme was …

Background During the last decade, active surveillance for transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies in small ruminants has been intensive in Europe. In many countries this …

When analyzing the geographical variations of disease risk, one common problem is data
sparseness. In such a setting, we investigate the possibility of using Bayesian shared spatial …

Background Abattoir condemnations may play an important role in a food animal syndromic
surveillance system. Portion condemnation data may be particularly useful, as these data …

The existing scientific evidence that links animal and human TSEs is reviewed and
discussed. The challenges involved in identifying TSEs as zoonoses are described and the …

Background Abattoir condemnation data show promise as a rich source of data for
syndromic surveillance of both animal and zoonotic diseases. However, inherent …

Zoonoses caused by parasites constitute a large group of infectious diseases with varying
host ranges and patterns of transmission. Their distribution, prevalence and transmission …