The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released its annual assessment, the “European Union summary report on surveillance for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in 2024.”

Surveillance Overview Significant testing efforts continued across the EU this year:

  • Cattle: >980,000 tested
  • Sheep: ~277,000 tested
  • Goats: ~94,000 tested
  • Cervids: 1,761 tested

Key Findings

  • BSE: No cases of classical BSE were detected. However, 3 cases of atypical BSE were identified in France, Ireland, and Poland.
  • Scrapie: Cases remain concentrated in a few EU countries.
    • Sheep: 380 classical / 78 atypical
    • Goats: 65 classical / 6 atypical
  • CWD: No cases of Chronic Wasting Disease were detected during monitoring in deer.

Explore the Data For a deeper dive into the spatial/temporal distribution of these findings, EFSA has updated their interactive tools:

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