Negated Notifiable Disease Investigations: Wales 2014

This dataset provides figures for the number of negated Exotic Notifiable Disease investigations carried out in Wales during 2014. Investigations that follow the report of an exotic notifiable disease are called 'report cases'. Notifiable diseases are animal diseases that an animal owner/keeper is under legal obligation to report to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), even if there is only a suspicion that an animal may be affected. 'Exotic diseases' are defined as diseases that are not currently present within the United Kingdom. A report case is negated if after a clinical examination and in some cases further diagnostic testing there is sufficient evidence for the Chief Veterinary Officer(Wales) to negate presence of the disease. This dataset is formatted in two sections: the first provides information on who reported suspicion of disease where a report case was instigated as a result of clinical suspicion; the second half of the spreadsheet identifies why an animal was tested where report cases were started as a result of a non-negative lab result. e.g. as part of an active surveillance programme, or as part of pre-breeding tests, etc.
For further information and explanations of the data included in this dataset, please see the document available for download alongside this dataset titled 'NDI Cases - Additional Information'. Attribution statement: ©Crown Copyright, APHA 2016

本数据集收录了2014年威尔士地区对异国传染病进行的调查数量。针对异国传染病报告的调查被称为'报告病例'。应报告的疾病系指动物主人或饲养者有法律义务向动植物卫生与食品安全局（APHA）报告的动物疾病，即便仅存在动物可能受影响的疑虑。所谓'异国疾病'是指目前尚未在英国境内出现的疾病。若经临床检查，在某些情况下还需进一步诊断测试，且首席兽医官（威尔士）认为有足够证据否定疾病的存在，则报告病例被视为无效。本数据集分为两部分：第一部分提供了因临床疑虑而启动报告病例的疾病疑虑报告人信息；数据表的第二部分则明确了动物为何接受检测，即因非阴性实验室结果而启动报告病例的原因，例如作为主动监测计划的一部分，或作为育种前检测的一部分等。有关本数据集中包含数据的进一步信息和解释，请参阅随数据集一同提供的名为'NDI Cases - Additional Information'的文档。版权声明：©皇家版权，APHA 2016