§ Sir Richard BodyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish the number of cases of beef cattle found to have brucellosis in on-farm tests for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information cannot be provided without disproportionate cost. However, the numbers of beef and dairy herds from which brucella abortus has been isolated since 1983 are:
Herds from which brucella abortus isolated Year Number 1983 25 1984 32 1985 69 1986 39 1987 3