Table 1 Cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in aged cattle (age ≥ 8 years) in Switzerland, as identified by passive surveillance (clinical suspect, CS) or active surveillance (emergency slaughtered cattle, ES; fallen stock, FS; regularly slaughtered cattle, RS) from 1990 to 2008 and the availability of frozen brain tissues samples from different neuroanatomical structures.

CS

Bambi-01

X

X

X

X

Bärgi-97

X

X

X

X

(X)

(X)

X

(X)

(X)

X

Bea-97

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Charly-04

X

X

X

X^d)

X^e)

X

X

X

(X)

Fortuna-00

X

X

X

X

X

X

(X)

(X)

(X)

Gabi-97

X

X

X

X

(X)

X

Jalouse-99

X

(X)

X

X

X

X

Julia-99

X

(X)

X

(X)

(X)

X

X

X

(X)

X

Karin-93

Linda-96

Loli-96

X

Martina-96

X

(X)

X

X

X

(X)

X

(X)

(X)

Meieli-99

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

(X)

X

Mirelle-01

X

Nadia-98

X

X

X

X

(X)

X

X

(X)

X

Olga-98

X

(X)

X

X

X

X

(X)

(X)

X

Orchidee-02

X

(X)

X

(X)

(X)

(X)

Priska-02

X

Spiegel-06

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Werita-98

X

X

X

X

X

X

(X)

X

(X)

ES

Boheme-06

X

Dora-03

X

Elfe-06

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

(X)

Elvira-01

X

Lilly-06

X

Nadia-04

Natascha-05

X

Virginia-03

X

FS

Berty-00

X

Flurina-00

X

Judith-02

X

Ramona-05

Starba-03

X

RS

Bunaug-02

X

Carmen-01

X

Maya-03

X

Ulla-04

X