§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those animal diseases which are currently notifiable and indicate the number of confirmed cases of each disease in England and Wales for each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe number of confirmed cases of notifiable diseases over the last three years in England and Wales is as follows:
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Number of cases Disease 1986 1987 1988 African horse sickness — — — African swine fever — — — Anthrax 9 4 3 Aujeszky's disease 6 6 5 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy1 — — 2,136 Brucella melitensis in cattle — — — Cattle plague in ruminants and swine — — — Classical swine fever 10 1 — Contagious equine metritis2 — — — Dourine in horses, asses, mules and zebras — — — Enzootic bovine leukosis 1 1 1 Epizootic lymphangitis in horses, asses and mules — — — Equine encephalomyelitis — — — Equine infectious anaemia — — — Foot and mouth disease in ruminants and swine — — — Fowl pest (fowl plague, Newcastle disease and paramyxovirus) poultry of all kinds — — —
Number of cases Disease 1986 1987 1988 Glanders and farcy in horses, asses and mules — — — Paramyxovirus in pigeons 276 251 205 Pleuro-pneumonia in cattle — — — Rabies — — — Sheep pox — — — Sheep scab 55 37 35 Swine vesicular disease — — — Warble fly 34 8 4 Teschen disease of pigs — — — Tuberculosis in cattle (certain forms) — — — 1 Notifiable since 21 June 1988. 2 Notifiable since 20 May 1987.