Implementation of

Bovine Tuberculosis

eradication programme

in Portugal 2012

Brussels, SCOFCAH, 2 july 2013

Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication

Programme.

Caracterization 2012

Regions Number of herds

Number of animals

N 19.566 300.661

C 7.414 137.548

LVT 1.161 96.075

ALT 4.303 553.057

TOTAIS 32.444 1.087.291

N

C

LVT

ALT

ALG Algarve Region is officially

tuberculosis-free in

accordande with Commission

Decision 2012/204/EU of 19

April 2012.

Bovine Tuberculosis

herd prevalence and herd incidence 2011-

2012

Nº positive herds

Nº new positive herds

Prevalence (% positive herds)

Incidence (% new positive herds)

DSVAR 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012

N 62 20 55 18 0,33 0,11 0,29 0,10

C 46 17 34 14 0,63 0,25 0,47 0,21

LVT 9 6 8 6 0,77 0,55 0,68 0,55

ALT 141 62 92 40 3,37 1,50 2,20 0,97

TOTAL 258 105 189 78 0,81 0,35 0,59 0,27

Control measures – Pre-movement testing

Compulsory pre-movement testing in order to avoid the

entrance of infected bovines in OF herds.

Year Herds Animals

2006 2.291 25.153

2007 3.876 28.491

2008 3.806 35.446

2009 9.375 60.713

2010 9.251 70.176

2011 16.875 97.299

2012 14.900 73.953

Histopat. Bacteriology

Nº of

hunted

animals

Tipical

lesions

% animals

with

tipical

lesions

Other

lesions

M. avium M.bovi

s

Negative % M.

bovis

infection

in

animals

with

lesions

Deer

(veado)

2330 90 3,8% 11 1 79 21 78%

Wild

board

(javali)

1880 104 5,5% 49 14 91 48 59%

Hunting season (out. 2011- mar. 2012)

Histopato. Bacteriology

Nº of

hunted

animals

Tipical

lesions

% animals

with tipical

lesions

Other

lesions

M. avium M. bovis Negative % M. bovis

infection in

animals

with

lesions

Deer

(veado)

3646

72 1,9% 5 1 66 13 86%

Wild board

(javali)

2545

57 2,2% 44 8 60 33 59%

Hunting season (out. 2012 – mar. 2013). Provisional data.

Control Plan / Large Game Animals

Region with % of infected herds at

each of the last two years Animals tested

< 0,2% All bovine, males and females, older than 24 months of age

> 0,2% e ≤ 1% All females older than 6 weeks of age

> 1% All bovine, males and females, older than 6 weeks of age

Age of animals

Infected herds : 6 weeks

Officially tuberculosis free herds:

According with the risk acessment performed from epidemiological data (% of

infected herds in each region) recorded in the last two years, testing policy in

certain region is carried out as following:

Official Diagnostic test = Intradermal tuberculin

compared test (IDT).

• Gamma-interferon tests – 1.256

• Bacteriologic tests – 326

Complementary diagnostic tests in 2012

• Histopatologic tests – 381

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attention