HC Deb 09 July 1982 vol 27 c228W
Mr. John Townend

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many outbreaks of Aujeszky's disease there have been in the United Kingdom in the past six months and prior to that in each of the previous six month periods for the previous three years.

Mrs. Fenner

The number of confirmed outbreaks of Aujeszky's disease in Great Britain in the six-month periods since the disease was made notifiable in August 1979 are as follows:

  • 1 August to 31 December 1979, 8
  • 1 January to 30 June 1980, 14
  • 1 July to 31 December 1980, 8
  • 1 January to 30 June 1981, 5
  • 1 July to 31 December 1981, 5
  • 1 January to 30 June 1982, 25

Of the 25 confirmed outbreaks to 30 June this year, 13 were linked with a single source of infection.

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