HC Deb 20 October 1994 vol 248 cc329-30W
Mr. Clapham

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has had recently on bovine immune deficiency virus.

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what research his Department is undertaking into the bovine immune deficiency virus.

Mrs. Browning

Representations have been received from Members of this House and a farmer in Cheshire whose herd is being investigated. Studies have been commissioned at the Central Veterinary Laboratory on the inactivation of BIV in milk by pasteurisation, and further research is under way at the Institute of Animal Health.

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