Open AccessGuidance for reporting 2021 surveillance data on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies ( TSE )
Author(s) -
Ortiz Pelaez Angel,
Papanikolaou Alexandra,
Stoicescu AncaVioleta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
efsa supporting publications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2397-8325
DOI - 10.2903/sp.efsa.2021.en-6441
Subject(s) - chronic wasting disease , genotyping , data exchange , xml , computer science , environmental health , virology , database , medicine , disease , biology , prion protein , world wide web , scrapie , pathology , biochemistry , genotype , gene
This guidanceis specifically aimed at guiding the reporting of information to EFSA under the framework of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. The technical aspects for the reporting of surveillance data on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in bovine animals, scrapieand genotyping in small ruminants (sheep and goats) and Chronic Wasting Disease in cervids are covered. The guidanceexplains the individual data elements of the Standard Sample Description version 2 (SSD2) model which are relevant for the data collection on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies. Thisguidance isintended to support the reporting countries in data transmission using eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data file transfer through the Data Collection Framework according to the protocol described in the EFSA Guidance on Data Exchange version 2 (GDE2).© European Food Safety Authority, 2021