Negated Notifiable Disease Investigations: Scotland 2012

This dataset provides figures for the number of negated Exotic Notifiable Disease investigations carried out in Scotland during 2012. 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(Scotland) 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

本数据集提供了2012年苏格兰进行的外来传染病调查数量图表。针对外来传染病报告的调查被称为'报告病例'。应报告的疾病是指动物所有者或饲养者有法律义务向动植物卫生局（APHA）报告的动物疾病，即使仅存在动物可能受影响的怀疑。'外来疾病'是指目前尚未在英国出现的疾病。如果经过临床检查，在某些情况下还进行了进一步的诊断测试，并且首席兽医官（苏格兰）有足够的证据来否定疾病的存在，则报告病例将被否定。本数据集分为两部分：第一部分提供了因临床怀疑而引发报告病例的疾病怀疑报告者的信息；数据表的第二部分则确定了动物被检测的原因，其中报告病例是由于非阴性实验室结果而启动的，例如作为主动监测计划的一部分，或作为育种前的检测等。有关本数据集中包含数据的进一步信息和解释，请参阅随本数据集一同提供的名为'NDI Cases - Additional Information'的文档。版权声明：©英皇陛下版权，APHA 2016