Caracterización del riesgo de introducción de encefalopatía espongiforme bovina (EEB) y prurigo lumbar (Scrapie) a El Salvador a través de las importaciones de animales, productos y subproductos de especies rumiantes en el periodo de enero 2016 – junio 20

Abstract

Information about animals, products and by-products of bovine, ovine and goat origin imports was collected, from January 2016 to June 2020, done by El Salvador; The information was obtained from the statistics available in the Sistema de Información en Sanidad Agropecuaria (SISA) of the online services of the Division de Cuarentena Agropecuaria of the Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería of El Salvador. This information was arranged in paintings, one for each animal species studied, on an annual basis, the goods were classified according to the level of risk of introducing BSE or Scrapie, and the countries of origin were classified according to the category of risk or sanitary status declared in the OIE World Animal Health Information System (OIE WAHIS), subsequently a crossover of variables of these data was carried out on a predefined risk scale, which allowed obtaining information for the characterization of the risk of introducing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE ) and Scrapie to the country. The BSE risk scale was established from 0.5 to 2.5, if the value is n≤1, it indicates a low risk level; if 1<n3.5 indicates a high risk. Then, it was determined that the risk of introducing Scrapie to the country was medium, because the annual results ranged between 2.10 and 2.38.