Scoring criteria

									Cysticercosis - available
									Score(0 to 4)	Co-efficient	Total
	DISEASE KNOWLEDGE - 10 criteria		0	1	2	3	4				0
i	Speed of spread		None Non transmissible	Very slow Low level of transmission within holdings and unlikely between holdings	Slow Slow transmission between holdings with or without animal movements	Medium Rapid transmission between holdings with or without animal movements	High Rapid transmission between holdings without animal movements		0 0 1 2 3 4	2.5	0.00
i	Number of livestock species involved		One	ND or expected to be limited	Limited 2 species	Medium 3 species11	High 4 species and over		2 0 1 2 3 4	2.5	5.00
i	Persistence of the infectious agent in the environment		No Never Found	Rare Occasionally found	ND if unknown	Constant Animal reservoir or vector	Not removable from the environment		4 0 1 2 3 4	2.5	10.00
i	Risk of spread to susceptible populations		No Not contagious	Low Transmissible direct contact	ND if unknown	Medium Indirect contact, contagion	High Airborne infection		0 0 1 2 3 4	2.5	0.00
i	Potential for silent spread		None	Negligible  Signs of infection easily recognised and likely to occur in animal under supervision	Low   Signs of infection easily recognised but depends on the level of supervision	Moderate  Specific diagnosis may be difficult in one or more species	High Disease/infection not likely to be detected for some time		0 0 1 2 3 4	2.5	0.00
i	Wildlife reservoir and potential spread		Negligible No known wildlife reservoir	Minor Prevalence in remote wildlife	Moderate Wildlife reservoir: no direct contact with humans or domestic animals	Significant Wildlife reservoir	Serious Wildlife reservoir in close contact with humans and/or domestic animals		0 0 1 2 3 4	2.5	0.00
i	Vector reservoir and potential spread		None No known vector or reservoir	Low Competent vector(s) thought to exist in the country but not considered capable of surviving and transmitting infection	Medium Competent vector(s) exist in the country but not considered capable of surviving and transmitting infection	High Competent vector(s) exist in the country but not considered capable of surviving but could transmit infection	Very High Competent vector(s) exist in the country and is (are) capable of surviving and transmitting infection		0 0 1 2 3 4	2.5	0.00
i	Variability of the agent		Negligible One type, stable host/vector	Low Few types, not mutating, stable host/vector	Moderate Few types, not mutating, low host specificity, stable vector if any	High Numerous types or mutating, low host or vector specificity	Very High Numerous types and mutating, low host or vector specificity		0 0 1 2 3 4	2.5	0.00
i	Understanding of fundamental immunology		Fully understood, both humoral and cellular immunity	Fully understand humoral immunity and partial understanding of cellular immunity	Partially understand humoral and cellular immunity	Partially understand humoral immunity	None Nothing known about the immunology		1 0 1 2 3 4	2.5	2.50
i	Host-Pathogen interaction		Fully understand the host-pathogen interactions	Understand some aspects of the host and pathogen interactions	Partially understand the host-pathogen interactions	Little understanding of the host-pathogen interactions	No information		0 0 1 2 3 4	2.5	0.00
	IMPACT ON ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE - 3 criteria		0	1	2	3	4				0
i	Disease impact on production		None Production not affected	Very low Some loss of production but no major impact on income	Low Production reduced by less than 20%. Major loss of income	Medium Production reduced by more than 20%. Major loss of income	Severe Production reduced by more than 50%. Major loss of income and viability of industry threatened		0 0 1 2 3 4	8.33	0.00
i	Duration of animal welfare impact		None No impact	Transcient Impact less than 48 hours	Short Term 48 hours to 13 days	Medium term 15 days to 24 months	Permanent Greater than 24 months		0 0 1 2 3 4	8.33	0.00
i	Proportion of animal affected suffering pain/injury/distress as a result of the disease		None No animal affected	Very low <5% of animals suffer serious impact	Low 6-20% of animals suffer serious impact	Medium 21 to 50% of animals suffer serious impact	Serious >50% of animals suffer serious impact		0 0 1 2 3 4	8.33	0.00
	IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH - HUMAN HEALTH - 6 criteria		0	1	2	3	4				0
i	Impact of occurence on human health		None Humans not considered susceptible to infection	Mild Symptoms mild, transcient without lasting effects	Medium Symptoms may require time off work, (1week) and/or medical intervention	Serious         Symptoms often provoke medical intervention, possible long term health effects (>1 month). Extreme pain and discomfort. Fatalities uncommon	High High case fatality (>5%) and/or permanent health effects		3 0 1 2 3 4	4.16	12.48
i	Likelihood of occurence		None      Proven impossibility of transmission to humans through live animals, animal products, vectors or food	Extremely rare Probability lower than 1/1000000	Occasional      Occurs at an incidence lower than 1/10000	Regular         Occurs at an incidence lower than 1/1000	Frequent             Occurs at an incidence higher than 1/1000		2 0 1 2 3 4	4.16	8.32
i	Impact of occurrence on food safety		No Not spread in food	Negligible Very low level of contamination of food but unlikely to cause problems	Low Low level of contamination and can cause disease/infection if organisms ingested in large numbers	Medium Probability of spread via food but large numbers of organisms needed to cause problems. Precautions required	High High probability of spread via food, small infective dose and strict precautions required		4 0 1 2 3 4	4.16	16.64
i	Transmissibility (spread from animal to human)		No No transmission possible	Negligible No known transmission to humans or no information	Low Possible transmission and existing contacts with live animals	Medium  Possible transmission or contamination through direct or indirect contact or vector/food	High Very low species barrier, possible airborne or through the environment		3 0 1 2 3 4	4.16	12.48
i	Spread in humans		No Non-transmissible	Negligible No known transmission between humans or no information	Low Transmission between humans is uncommon	Moderate Transmission between humans requires prolonged or high level challenge	Rapid                Transmission between humans occurs frequently and is common		0 0 1 2 3 4	4.16	0.00
i	Bioterrorism potential		None Agent unavailable or impossible to handle or no harm	Negligible Agent available but difficult to handle or low potential harm	Low Agent available and easy to handle by pros and labs but low potential harm	Medium Agent available and easy to handle by pros and labs and high potential harm	Severe Agent available and easy to handle by individuals and high potential harm		1 0 1 2 3 4	4.16	4.16
	IMPACT ON WIDER SOCIETY - 3 criteria		0	1	2	3	4				0
i	Economic direct impact (including cumulative costs (e.g. Enzoonotic vs Epizootic))		None No loss, no control measures	Negligible Minor reduction in production	Low Production reduced but not banned. Treatment and vaccination	Medium Production reduced and partially banned. Test and slaughter	High Production reduced and banned. Total slaughter		0 0 1 2 3 4	8.33	0.00
i	Economic indirect impact (social, market)		None Products continue to be distributed	Negligible Minor impact on distribution of products	Low Herd products redirected to lower value markets	Medium Market price reduced temporarily by less than 30%	High Reduction by more than 30% over a month or a country wide ban		2 0 1 2 3 4	8.33	16.66
i	Agriterrorism potential		None Agent unavailable or impossible to handle or no spread	Negligible Agent available but difficult to handle or low spread or low economic damages	Low Agent available and easy to handle by professionals and labs but low spread or low economic damages	Medium Agent available and easy to handle by professionals and labs and rapidly spread or high economic damages	Severe Agent available and easy to handle by individuals and rapidly spread and great economic damages		1 0 1 2 3 4	8.33	8.33
	IMPACT ON TRADE - 4 criteria		0	1	2	3	4				0
i	Impact on international trade due to existing regulations		None No restriction or only at animal level	Minor Only at herd level	Moderate At zone level and/or a list of commodities, no loss of official status	Significant Zone standstill, loss of official status, short recovery period	Serious Possible nationwide ban standstill with or without list, official atatus difficult to recover		0 0 1 2 3 4	6.25	0.00
i	Impact on EC trade due to existing regulations		None No restriction or only at animal level	Minor Only at herd level	Moderate At zone level and/or list of commodities	Significant At zone level and/or no list of commodities	Serious Nationwide ban/standstill with or without list		0 0 1 2 3 4	6.25	0.00
i	Potential for zoning		High Zoning possible at farm level	Moderate Zoning possible 1 to 10 kms	Low Zoning possible but more than 10 kms	Very low Zoning using wider administrative boundaries	None Only compartments		0 0 1 2 3 4	6.25	0.00
i	Impact on security of food supply		Extremely limited, anecdotal	Low value Only in some remote areas	Moderate Someremote areas may be temporarily out of stock	High Some areas of the country may be out of stock	Very High May cause or increase hunger problems		0 0 1 2 3 4	6.25	0.00
	CONTROL TOOLS - 3 criteria		-2	-1	0	1	2				0
i	Appropriate diagnostics		Need: Yes Availability: No Market Potential: Low	Need: Yes Availability: No Market Potential: Yes	Need: Yes Availability: Yes (not fully effective) Market Potential: Low to Medium	Need: Yes Availability: Yes (not fully effective) Market Potential: Yes	Either Need: No  or Need: Yes Availability: Yes (fully effective) Market Potential: Yes		1 0 1 2 3 4	16.66	16.66
i	Appropriate vaccines		Need: Yes Availability: No Market Potential: Low	Need: Yes Availability: No Market Potential: Yes	Need: Yes Availability: Yes (not fully effective) Market Potential: Low to Medium	Need: Yes Availability: Yes (not fully effective) Market Potential: Yes	Either Need: No  or Need: Yes Availability: Yes (fully effective) Market Potential: Yes		2 0 1 2 3 4	16.66	33.32
i	Appropriate pharmaceuticals		Need: Yes Availability: No Market Potential: Low	Need: Yes Availability: No Market Potential: Yes	Need: Bacteria - Yes Need: Virus - Desirable Availability: Bacteria - Yes (not fully effective) Availability: Virus - No Market Potential: Low to Medium	Need: Yes Availability: Yes (not fully effective) Market Potential: Yes	Either Need: No  or Need: Yes Availability: Yes (fully effective) Market Potential: Yes		-1 0 1 2 3 4	16.66	-16.66
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