§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will give a breakdown of feline spongiform encephalopathy cases for each month since the first case was reported and the areas in which they occurred.
§ Mr. SoamesThis disease is not notifiable to the Ministry and report to the Ministry is usually by private veterinary surgeons. The information requested is therefore listed by date of onset of clinical signs of the disease and is as follows:
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Date of onset County 1989 November Avon 1990 January Leicestershire February Gloucestershire March Somerset March Clwyd April Hereford and Worcestershire May West Glamorgan June Hampshire June Leicestershire July Avon September Cornwall September Strathclyde October Cornwall October Suffolk October North Yorkshire October West Yorkshire December Clwyd 1991 March Lancashire May Devon June Shetland August Dorset August Berkshire August Fife September Guernsey November Bedfordshire
Date of onset County December Clwyd 1992 February Derbyshire March Somerset April Dorset April Clwyd April Gloucestershire August Hertfordshire August Shropshire August Wiltshire August Surrey September Hereford and Worcestershire October Norfolk October Bedfordshire October Gloucestershire December Surrey 1993 May Cambridgeshire May Cumbria August Nottinghamshire August Durham September Strathclyde October Devon November Surrey