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Quarterly Publication of National Statistics on the Incidence and Prevalence of Tuberculosis (TB) in Cattle in Great Britain – to End June 2019 Quarterly publication of National Statistics on the incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in Cattle in Great Britain – to end June 2019 These statistics were released on Wednesday 18 September 2019. The next quarterly notice is to be updated on Wednesday 18 December 2019. The underlying monthly datasets will next be updated on Wednesday 16 October 2019. Key points In England overall, the headline herd incidence rate and herd prevalence have decreased for the 12 months to June 2019 compared with previous 12 months. There is a continuation of the divergent trend in High Risk Area (HRA) and Edge (Table 1 and Figure 2) with HRA measures decreasing and Edge increasing. In Scotland, which has had officially TB-free (OTF) status since 2009, and in the Low Risk Area of England (LRA), herd incidence and herd prevalence remain very low and stable. In Wales overall, herd incidence has remained similar to the previous 12 months while herd prevalence has increased slightly. Total animals slaughtered due to a TB incident in England in the 12 months to end June 2019 decreased 3% on the previous year to 32,413. In Wales the number slaughtered was 12,360, an increase of 23% (Table 3). Table 1: Herd incidence and herd prevalence Herd incidence: New herd incidents per Herd prevalence: Disease restricted 100 herd years at risk herds as a percentage of registered herds 12 months to end 12 months to end 12 months to end 12 months to end June 18 June 19 June 18 June 19 England 10.0 9.4 5.9 5.7 High risk area 18.9 17.9 11.7 10.7 Edge area 8.7 10.0 5.5 6.2 Low risk area 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.5 Scotland 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.2 Wales 7.6 7.6 5.2 5.6 High West 12.6 13.8 9.7 11.6 High East 11.8 10.7 6.9 6.3 Intermediate North 7.5 6.4 5.2 5.0 Intermediate Mid 3.3 4.1 1.6 2.6 Low 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.5 Short term changes in these statistics should be considered in the context of long term trends. The charts in this statistical notice give the latest indication of how trends in bovine TB have changed since 1996. Enquiries to: [email protected] General Enquiries 03459 33 55 77 (UK only) +44 20 8225 7318 (outside UK) Media Enquiries to: 020 8225 7318 (Press Office) A National Statistics publication. National Statistics are produced to high professional standards. They undergo regular quality assurance reviews to ensure that they meet customer needs. They are produced free from any political interference. For general enquiries about National Statistics, contact [email protected]. You can also find National Statistics on the internet at www.statistics.gov.uk The headline measure of Herd incidence is the rate of new herd incidents per 100 herd years at risk. The rate is based around the total amount of time that herds tested were unrestricted and at risk of infection since the end of their last TB incident or negative herd test, rather than the total number of tests carried out on those herds. The rate in the Edge Area of England is 10 in the 12 months to end June 2019, which means for every 100 unrestricted herds undergoing bTB surveillance in that period APHA detected on average 10 new breakdowns. A document describing the herd years at risk measure is at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/data-and-methodology Herd prevalence - the percentage of all registered herds which were not Officially TB Free (OTF) due to a TB incident at end of June 2019 compared to the end of June 2018 (Table 1) increased in the Edge area and decreased in HRA leading to an overall small drop at England level. The prevalence for Edge (6.2%) remains above the England overall figure (5.7%). In Wales overall herd prevalence has risen slightly driven by an increase in the High West area and offset slightly by a drop in the High East and Intermediate North. The number of new TB herd incidents between the 12 months ending June 2019 and the previous 12 month period: decreased by 3% in England overall, driven by a reduction in HRA of 204 new herd incidents decreased in Wales by 2% to 731 (Table 2). Table 2: New herd incidents and non-OTF herds Herds not officially TB free at the end of the New herd incidents period due to a bovine TB incident (non-OTF herds) 12 months to 12 months to Year-on-year 12 months to 12 months to Year-on-year end June 18 end June 19 change end June 18 end June 19 change England 3,625 3,522 -3% 2,960 2,811 -5% High risk area 2,859 2,655 -7% 2,395 2,157 -10% Edge area 631 716 13% 492 551 12% Low risk area 135 151 12% 73 103 41% Scotland 45 31 -31% 31 26 -16% Wales 746 731 -2% 623 662 6% High West 326 345 6% 319 372 17% High East 273 241 -12% 198 177 -11% Intermediate North 58 48 -17% 50 47 -6% Intermediate Mid 56 72 29% 32 52 63% Low 33 25 -24% 24 14 -42% In Scotland the number of non-OTF herds is very low and approximately 57% of cattle herds are now exempt from routine TB surveillance testing. In Scotland and the LRA, there are proportionately more false positive results to the tuberculin skin test than elsewhere in GB1. Consequently it is also important to consider the number of new herd TB incidents where officially TB free (OTF) status is withdrawn (OTFW) following confirmation of TB by post-mortem examination or laboratory culture of tissue samples. 1 See for example: veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/vetrec/177/10/258.summary.pdf and veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/177/10/258 2 Table 2a: OTFW new herd incidents and OTFW herd incidence New herd incidents where OTF status is New herd incidents OTFW per withdrawn (OTFW) 100 herd years at risk 12 months to 12 months to Year-on-year 12 months to 12 months to end June 18 end June 19 change end June 18 end June 19 England 2,441 2,177 -11% 6.7 5.9 High risk area 2,011 1,742 -13% 13.3 11.8 Edge area 380 401 6% 5.2 5.6 Low risk area 50 34 -32% 0.4 0.2 Scotland 16 7 -56% 0.3 0.1 Wales 425 408 -4% 6.7 7.0 High West 178 191 7% 11.8 12.8 High East 176 153 -13% 10.7 10.2 Intermediate North 31 20 -35% 6.2 5.5 Intermediate Mid 24 35 46% 2.5 3.5 Low 16 9 -44% 0.8 0.8 In Wales, some TB incidents have OTF status withdrawn for epidemiological reasons only, in the absence of post-mortem confirmation. These are included in the time at risk measure in Table 2a, but for technical reasons, it is currently not possible to include them in the raw count of OTFW incidents. In the low risk area of England: During the 12 months to end June 2019 there were 34 OTFW incidents compared to 50 during the previous 12 months. The OTFW herd incidence rate per 100 herd- years at risk has decreased slightly to 0.2. In Scotland: There were 7 OTFW incidents in 12 months to end June 2019 compared with 16 in 12 months to end June 2018. The OTFW herd incidence rate of breakdowns per 100 herd-years at risk was 0.1 in the 12 months to end June 2019 and 0.3 in the previous 12 month period. In the Low TB area of Wales: There were 9 OTFW incidents in 12 months to end June 2019, and 16 in the previous 12 month period. The OTFW herd incidence rate of breakdowns per 100 herd-years at risk remained the same at 0.8 in the 12 months of end June 2019 as it was in the previous 12 month period. Table 3: Total animals slaughtered* 12 months to end 12 months to end Year-on-year June 18 June 19 change England 33,513 32,413 -3% High risk area 25,465 23,686 -7% Edge area 7,168 7,895 10% Low risk area 880 832 -5% Scotland 625 157 -75% Wales 10,024 12,360 23% High West 6,646 8,344 26% High East 2,255 2,185 -3% Intermediate North 661 903 37% Intermediate Mid 267 766 187% Low 195 162 -17% * Includes test reactors, direct contacts and inconclusive reactors (reported for Wales only since April 2017). 3 There is a year on year drop in the number of cattle slaughtered due to a TB incident in England overall. This is driven by a decrease of 1,905 in the High Risk Area while the Edge area 727 more cattle were slaughtered than previous 12 months. In Wales overall there was an increase in the number of animals slaughtered in 12 months to end June 2019 compared to the previous 12 months. This is mainly driven by an increase of 1,698 in the High West region. As previously reported, much of the rise in the number of cattle slaughtered in some areas of England and Wales is attributable to changes in the testing policy for non-OTF herds, in particular: In herds undergoing recurrent or persistent incidents there is increased use of the interferon-gamma blood test.
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