Scrapie Surveillance

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) implemented a Scrapie Surveillance Project in September 2007. This project complemented the national on-farm mortality component for scrapie surveillance. The table below shows samples tested for scrapie that were submitted to our four regional laboratories from on- farm mortalities in sheep and goats. In addition samples received from meat inspectors collected from condemned carcasses at provincial slaughter plants were tested for scrapie

Number of samples submitted to regional laboratories by producers and meat inspectors that were tested for scrapie from September 1st 2007 to March 31st 2009.

REGIONAL LAB
FAIRVIEW
EDMONTON
AIRDRIE
LETHBRIDGE
Meat Inspection**
TOTAL

Sheep
12
30
114
25
6
207

Goat
6
5
10
2
23

TOTAL
12
56
119
35
8
230

** Samples submitted by Provincial meat inspectors from condemned carcasses

All samples submitted have tested negative for the scrapie prion protein.

For further information on this program, please contact Dr. Brian Miller at 780-427-8201 or brian.miller@gov.ab.ca.

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This information published to the web on April 28, 2009.