RISKS FROM BSE INFECTIVITY IN DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA
a) Input Data for Probabilistic Variables
The variables shown below have been assigned distributions as input to the Monte Carlo simulation. All other variables have fixed values and are given in Section b) below.
b) Input Data for Fixed Variables
Age Profile of Cattle Slaughtered in 2000 (as Table 2.1)
Proportion of domestic consumption from export plant: 33.3%
| Age range | Domestic consumption |
Export approved meat plants |
Total | ||
| 1. Less than 30 months | 177,330 | 86.2% | 791,431 | 45.4% | 909,651 |
| 2. 30 to 36 months | 18,070 | 8.8% | 395,063 | 22.7% | 407,110 |
| 3. 3 years to 4 years | 7,535 | 3.7% | 230,309 | 13.2% | 235,332 |
| 4. Greater than 4 years | 2,769 | 1.3% | 326,409 | 18.7% | 328,255 |
| 205,704 | 1,743,212 | 1,880,348 | |||
DRG in Carcase
| Number of DRG in split carcase | 31 | |
| DRG in Sirloin section | 9 | 29.0% |
| DRG in forerib section | 4 | 12.9% |
| Remaining DRG | 18 | 58.1% |
Exposure to DRG
| Case1 | Case 2 | |
| Proportion of DRG removed with bone | 99.0% | 99.9% |
Irish Population in 2000: 3,626,087 (1996 census)