Descriptive epidemiology of scrapie in Great Britain: results of a postal survey
Descriptive epidemiology of scrapie in Great Britain: results of a postal survey
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DOI：
10.1136/vr.146.16.455
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发表时间：
2000-04-15
影响因子：
2.2
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McLean, AR
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作者：
Hoinville, LJ;Hoek, A;McLean, AR
1998年，向11,554名英国养羊户发出了一份调查问卷，以确定有多少人认为他们的羊群中出现了痒病病例；其中 61-4% 的人匿名回复。结果表明，拥有30多只繁殖母羊的农民中，14.9%的人认为他们的羊群曾患过瘙痒症，2.7%的人认为他们在过去12个月内曾患过瘙痒病。将这些结果与根据法定要求向农林水产省报告可疑痒病病例的农民数量进行比较表明，目前只有 13% 怀疑自己可能患有痒病病例的农民正在报告这些病例。痒病在全国所有地区都有发生，但存在明显的地区差异。较大的农场和饲养纯种羊的农场出现病例的风险似乎更大。受影响农场和未受影响农场之间的其他差异包括产羔做法和绵羊购买政策。在大多数农场，第一例病例发生在购买的动物身上。调查还显示需要向农民提供有关痒病的更多信息。
In 1998, a questionnaire was sent to 11,554 British sheep farmers to determine how many believed that scrapie cases had occurred in their flock; 61-4 per cent of them responded anonymously. The results indicated that 14.9 per cent of farmers with more than 30 breeding ewes thought that they had ever experienced scrapie in their flock and 2.7 per cent thought that they had had cases in the past 12 months. A comparison of these results with the number of farmers reporting suspect scrapie cases to MAFF, in accordance with the statutory requirement, suggests that only 13 per cent of farmers who suspect that they may have cases of scrapie are currently reporting them. Scrapie occurred in all regions of the country but there was an apparent regional variation. Larger farms and those with purebred sheep appeared to be at greater risk of having cases. Other differences between affected and unaffected farms included lambing practices and sheep purchasing policy. On the majority of farms the first case occurred in a purchased animal. The survey also revealed a need for the provision of further information about scrapie to farmers.