Dataset: Vetcases

This dataset contains data from various sources on the outbreak of notifiable diseases reported for honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Belgium and Austria from 2000 to 2022.

This dataset contains a list of outbreaks of honey (Apis mellifera L.) disease from various sources in Austria and Belgium for which legislation provides for compulsory notification to the veterinary authorities (referred to as notifiable diseases).

This dataset was collected to provide an example for a comprehensive overview on the frequency and location of notified outbreaks of honey bee diseases in different countries and regions.

The dataset contains 5 files with outbreaks of notifiable diseases from Belgium and Austria.

This data is suited to produce concise tabular and graphical overviews and summaries on notified outbreaks of honey bee diseases in different countries and regions. Possible research questions include the following:

This dataset contains a list of outbreaks of honey (Apis mellifera L.) disease from various sources in Austria and Belgium for which legislation provides for compulsory notification to the veterinary authorities (referred to as notifiable diseases). Since 13.06.2022 (law no. 2022041357) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 from 09.03.2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (“Animal Health Law”) entered into force. According to Article 18 the following notifiable honey bee diseases are listed in annex II: infestation with Varroa spp. (Varroosis), infestation with Aethina tumida (Small hive beetle), American foulbrood, infestation with Tropilaelaps spp. In Belgium, until 10.06.2022 notification of honey bee diseases was regulated by the animal health law (dierengezondheidswet / loi relative à la santé des animaux), which entered into force on 27.04.1987 (law no. 19870106057). The following diseases had to be notified: infestation with the tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi), American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae), European foulbrood (Melissococcus plutonius), infestation with the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), infestation with Tropilaelaps mites (Tropilaelaps spp). Since 17.07.2014 (law no. 2014024272) Varroosis has been removed from the list of notifiable diseases. In Austria notification of honey bee diseases is currently regulated in the bee disease law (Bundesgesetz vom 25. Mai 1988 über die Bekämpfung ansteckender Krankheiten der Bienen; Bienenseuchengesetz), which entered into force on 25.05.1988 (law no. 290/1988). The following diseases have to be notified: American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae), infestation with the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), infestation with Tropilaelaps mites (Tropilaelaps spp), Varroosis in case of an imminent or actual death of at least 30% of the colonies in an apiary. Since 05.07.2005 (law no. 67/2005) Nosemosis has been removed from the list of notifiable diseases. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 has not been implemented to date.

Data on notified outbreaks of animal diseases in Austria were obtained from monthly animal health reports available on the Website of the Consumer Health Communication Platform (Kommunikationsplattform Verbrauchergesundheit, KVG) provided by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz, BMSGPK). Monthly issued animal health reports for 2015 [1], 2016 [2], 2017 [3], 2018 [4], 2019 [5] and part of 2020 [6], available in PDF and XLSX format, were downloaded from the website. Data from 2021 [7] and 2022 [8] was obtained from summary animal health reports available at the same location. Data on notified outbreaks of honey bee diseases for Belgium were obtained from a website provided by the Belgium food safety authority (Agence Fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne Alimentaire, FAVV-AFSCA) [9]. The data source for each record is referenced in the dataset.

Raw data from BMSGPK was, if necessary, converted to a Microsoft® Excel® Document (*.xlsx) using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (Adobe, Version 2022.002.20212) rearranged and further processed with Excel (Microsoft Corporation, version 16.0.15601.20148). Data from FAVV-AFSCA was inserted manually into Excel. Data was then exported from Excel to a CSV format (coding: UTF-8) and subsequently imported for profiling into a SQL database (MariaDB foundation, Server-Version 10.4.24) running in a XAMPP environment (BitRock, version 3.3.0). Data was exported from the MySQL database to CSV format using windows-1252 coding.

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