atypical BSE casemeans a BSE case which cannot be classified as a classical BSE case in accordance with the criteria laid down in the European Union reference laboratory’s method for the classification of bovine TSE isolates;
atypical scrapie casemeans a scrapie confirmed case which is distinguishable from classical scrapie in accordance with the criteria laid down in the European Union reference laboratory’s technical handbook on TSE strain characterisation in small ruminants;
classical BSE casemeans a BSE case classified as such in accordance with the criteria laid down in the European Union reference laboratory’s method for the classification of bovine TSE isolates;
classical scrapie casemeans a scrapie confirmed case classified as classical in accordance with the criteria laid down in the European Union reference laboratory’s technical handbook on TSE strain characterisation in small ruminants;
cohortmeans a group of bovine animals which includes both:
farmed and captive cervidsmeans animals of the family Cervidae which are kept by humans in an enclosed territory;
farmed insectsmeans farmed animals, as defined in Article 3(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, of those insect species which are authorised for the production of processed animal protein in accordance with point 2 of Part A of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;
home compoundersmeans livestock farmers who mix compound feed for the exclusive use on their own holding;
index casemeans the first animal on a holding, or in an epidemiologically defined group, in which a TSE infection is confirmed;
scrapie casemeans a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy confirmed case in an ovine or caprine animal where a diagnosis of BSE has been excluded in accordance with the criteria laid down in the European Union reference laboratory’s technical handbook on TSE strain characterisation in small ruminants;
semi-domesticated cervidsmeans animals of the family Cervidae which are kept by humans although not in an enclosed territory.
wild cervidsmeans animals of the family Cervidae which are not kept by humans;