ERADICATION OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN SCOTLAND

HC Deb 12 March 1957 vol 566 cc156-7W

Present position

(1) Attested counties (i.e., clear areas)

• Argyll.
• Ayr.
• Bute.
• Clackmannan.
• Dumfries.
• Dunbarton.
• Fife.
• Inverness (part).
• Kinross.
• Kirkcudbright.
• Lanark.
• Midlothian.
• Peebles.
• Perth (part).
• Renfrew.
• Ross and Cromarty (part)
• Selkirk.
• Stirling.
• West Lothian.
• Wigtown.
• Zetland.

(2) Counties in Eradication Area declared on 1st March, 1957 (practically clear)

• Caithness.
• Inverness (part).
• Moray (part).
• Nairn.
• Orkney.
• Ross and Cromarty (part).
• Sutherland.

(3) Free Testing counties

1. (a) Intended to be declared an Eradication Area on 1st March, 1958 (80% clear)
• Banff (part).
• Berwick.
• East Lothian.
• Moray (part).
• Perth (part).
• Roxburgh.
2. (b) Intended to be declared an Eradication Area on 1st March, 1959 (60% clear)
• Aberdeen.
• Angus.
• Banff (part).
• Kincardine.

85 per cent. of the cattle in Scotland are attested herds.