HC Deb 10 April 1989 vol 150 cc362-3W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the number of cattle currently incubating bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Mr. MacGregor

Any estimate must be tentative. However, the report of the Southwood working party on BSE estimates that by 1993, the cumulative total of confirmed BSE cases may be about 17,000 to 20,000.