General Statistics on BSE Cases in Great Britain

Table showing the number of animal BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) cases, and the number of farms with BSE cases. The table also breaks down the type of farms where cases have been detected, and includes age of the oldest and youngest animals with detected cases. The dataset includes the following fields: Total farms (number of farms with cases); Total cases (of BSE); 'Dairy Farms, Suckler Farms, Mixed Farms, Not Recorded' (Column B gives the number of farms in each type with cases, and Column C gives the percentage of these farms in each category); 'Dairy Farms, Suckler Farms, Mixed cases, Not recorded' (Column B gives the number of farms in each type with cases, and Column C gives the percentage of these farms in each category); Purchased cases (how many cases were from animals purchased); Homebred cases (how many cases were from homebred animals), Not recorded (Column B gives the number of cases where the purchase/homebred data was not record, and Column C gives the percentage); Confirmed dairy herd incidence (as a % of total); Confirmed suckler herd incidence (as a % of the total); Confirmed total herd incidence (as a % of the total); youngest confirmed case (age in months); Oldest confirmed case (age in months). Please note: this data is available as part of a wider report on TSE surveillance, published on gov.uk. Attribution statement: