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Table 1 OPA cases diagnosed post-mortem at University College Dublin (UCD), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), 2010 to 2016 (Cloak B, UCD; McElroy M, DAFM; Guelbenz, M, AFBI; personal communications)

From: First confirmation by PCR of Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus in Ireland and prevalence of ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma in adult sheep at slaughter

 

UCD

DAFM

AFBI

 

No. OPA+ sheep at PM

No. PMs sheep >6 months

% OPA +

No. OPA+ sheep at PM

No. PMs sheep >6 months

% OPA +

No. OPA+ sheep at PM

No. PMs sheep >6 months

% OPA +

2016

7

16

43.8

9

794

1.1

27

237

11.4

2015

2

18

11.1

8

431

1.9

21

250

8.4

2014

1

13

7.7

9

394

2.3

25

246

10.2

2013

1

13

7.7

5

514

1

23

332

6.9

2012

0

14

0

5

437

1.1

16

406

3.9

2011

1

3

33

6

437

1.4

17

268

6.3

2010

1

11

9.1

1

362

0.3

16

302

5.3