§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many of the cattle in the United Kingdom diagnosed as suffering from BSE in each of the last two years for which records are available were(a) female and (b) male. [109329]
§ Ms QuinThe table shows the number of confirmed cases of BSE reported in the UK in the calendar years 1998 and 19991, by sex:
Sex 1998 19991 Male 5 4 Female 3,191 2,166 Total 3,196 2,170 1 Preliminary figures for 1999 as at 9 February 2000