HC Deb 29 April 1953 vol 514 cc107-8W
Mr. de Freitas

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has been notified of any case in this country of myxamatosis which is at present killing off thousands of rabbits in France.

Sir T. Dugdale

I have not heard of any cases of myxamatosis in Great Britain other than on islands off the West Coast of Scotland, where small-scale experiments with the virus are being carried out by the North of Scotland College of Agriculture.

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