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Descriptive analysis of the results of an anonymous postal survey of the occurrence of scrapie in Great Britain in 2002

¹ Veterinary Laboratories Agency - Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB
² Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN

An anonymous postal survey was conducted in 2002 to estimate the proportion of farms in Great Britain affected with scrapie and to gather information on the likely risk factors for the occurrence of the disease; the response rate was 53 per cent. The survey showed that 1 per cent of the respondents thought they had had scrapie in their flock in the previous 12 months, and that 12 per cent thought they had had scrapie in the past. The results of the survey were consistent with the results of a similar survey carried out in 1998, and with notification patterns, but in 1998 approximately 3 per cent of farmers reported having had scrapie in the previous 12 months. It is not clear whether the apparent decrease in the prevalence of scrapie is real or whether it may be due to factors such as sampling biases, or to the increasing knowledge of the signs of scrapie shown by the respondents in 2002.

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