title: Assessment of fallen equine data in France and their usefulness for epidemiological investigations.
abstract: Quantitative information about equine mortality is relatively scarce, yet it could be of great value for epidemiology purposes. Several European projects based on the exploitation of data from rendering plants have been developed to improve livestock surveillance. Similar data are available for equines in France but have never been studied to date. The objective of this research was to evaluate the potential of the French Ministry of Agriculture's Fallen Stock Data Interchange (FSDI) database to provide quantitative mortality information on the French equine population. The quality of FSDI equine data from 2011 to 2014 was assessed using complementary data registered in the French equine census database, SIRE. Despite a perfectible quality, the FSDI database proved to be a valuable source for studying the basal patterns of mortality over time in the French equine population as illustrated by the spatial representation of the number of deaths. However, improvements in the FSDI database are needed, in particular regarding the registration of animal identification numbers, in order to detail equine mortality for epidemiology purposes.
authors: Laboratory for Equine Diseases, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), F14430 Goustranville, France. Electronic address: jackie.tapprest@anses.fr.
authors: Jackie
authors: J
authors: Tapprest
authors: Laboratory for Equine Diseases, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), F14430 Goustranville, France. Electronic address: marionborey@orange.fr.
authors: Marion
authors: M
authors: Borey
authors: French horse and riding institute (IFCE), 83-85, boulevard Vincent Auriol, F75013, France. Electronic address: xavier.dornier@ifce.fr.
authors: Xavier
authors: X
authors: Dornier
authors: Epidemiology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 31, avenue Tony Garnier, F69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France. Electronic address: eric.morignat@anses.fr.
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Morignat
authors: Epidemiology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 31, avenue Tony Garnier, F69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France. Electronic address: didier.calavas@anses.fr.
authors: Didier
authors: D
authors: Calavas
authors: Scientific Directorate for Laboratories, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 31, avenue Tony Garnier, F69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France. Electronic address: pascal.hendrikx@anses.fr.
authors: Pascal
authors: P
authors: Hendrikx
authors: French horse and riding institute (IFCE), 83-85, boulevard Vincent Auriol, F75013, France. Electronic address: benedicte.ferry@ifce.fr.
authors: Bénédicte
authors: B
authors: Ferry
authors: Epidemiology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 31, avenue Tony Garnier, F69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France. Electronic address: carole.sala@anses.fr.
authors: Carole
authors: C
authors: Sala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016208:Databases, Factual; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring / Q000662:veterinary*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D006736:Horses; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D062206:Spatial Analysis
keywords: Epidemiologic surveillance; Equine; Horse; Mortality; Spatial distribution