§ Mr. Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made in the eradication of brucellosis in the Dartmoor National Park.
§ Mr. StrangBrucellosis testing and culling under the existing voluntary schemes has resulted in 552 herds achieving accredited status out of a total of 1,125 herds within the National Park.
§ Mr. Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the results of blood testing and culling for the eradication of brucellosis in the Dartmoor National Park.
§ Mr. StrangA blood testing survey for brucellosis has been carried out recently in the Dartmoor National Park. This showed that 47 per cent. of the herds tested contained reactors, the incidence of reactors in individual herds varying from 5 per cent. to 50 per cent.
Each herd owner has been informed of the result of his herd test. I have no information as to how many of the reactors have been culled.
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§ Mr. Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will declare Dartmoor National Park a compulsory eradication area for brucellosis.
§ Mr. StrangI shall be making an announcement shortly about the future compulsory programme of brucellosis eradication and will write to the hon. Member immediately afterwards.
§ Mr. Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has sufficient veterinary surgeons to complete the task of eradication of brucellosis in Dartmoor National Park.
§ Mr. StrangYes.