HC Deb 20 April 1988 vol 131 c503W
Sir Richard Body

To 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. MacGregor

The 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