HC Deb 09 March 1999 vol 327 cc110-1W
Mr. Mallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many herds were restricted due to evidence of tuberculosis, in each month, from January 1995 to January 1997. [74571]

Mr. Paul Murphy

The information requested is provided in the following table.

Number of herds restricted due to TB from January 1995-January 1997
Month Number of herds
January 1995 127
February 1995 117
March 1995 144
April 1995 114
May 1995 121
June 1995 99
July 1995 82
August 1995 92
September 1995 99
October 1995 93
November 1995 88
December 1995 86
January 1996 105
February 1996 128
March 1996 138
April 1996 141

Number of tuberculosis infected cattle discovered in each veterinary division area from January 1995 to January 1996
Armagh Ballymena Coleraine Dungannon Enniskillen Larne L'Derry Newry Newtownards Omagh
January 1995 80 10 31 35 23 21 3 123 65 15
February 1995 49 7 14 59 24 21 4 103 73 23
March 1995 83 19 33 65 17 74 4 140 31 35
April 1995 52 32 26 63 15 22 1 97 17 12
May 1995 54 14 15 62 21 12 5 106 46 18
June 1995 53 30 17 37 21 14 2 75 37 10
July 1995 23 11 12 45 13 16 5 104 35 4
August 1995 71 19 15 55 7 21 2 68 45 10
September 1995 79 12 15 66 16 4 6 57 29 17
October 1995 28 17 15 74 13 21 8 94 39 22
November 1995 20 20 21 68 8 33 6 78 33 16
December 1995 25 33 10 67 21 22 4 52 28 25
January 1996 41 20 20 66 23 41 8 83 26 15
February 1996 34 17 27 50 24 47 15 116 74 32
March 1996 31 10 22 49 32 14 11 141 38 30
April 1996 89 44 29 66 10 35 21 81 50 32
May 1996 37 27 17 22 28 35 1 82 41 52
June 1996 41 10 16 20 16 21 2 46 36 15
July 1996 16 21 12 22 8 13 4 115 38 23
August 1996 66 28 16 27 15 17 2 83 48 23
September 1996 33 24 19 28 9 10 1 156 35 19
October 1996 44 45 13 70 14 12 1 157 125 63
November 1996 18 21 22 110 11 5 8 128 59 32
December 1996 42 39 14 78 17 30 2 81 37 122
January 1997 30 29 20 70 10 36 9 83 50 63
Total 1,139 559 471 1,374 416 597 135 2,449 1,135 728
Grand total 9,003