HL Deb 23 January 1990 vol 514 c1048WA
Lord Renton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have any evidence of cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy occurring in animals too young to have been exposed to infected feed.

The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Trumpington)

No. We are not aware of a single case of BSE in an animal too young to have been exposed to feed containing ruminant protein material. Cases can be expected to occur for several years to come; this is not because the infection is spreading or because of a new source of infection, but because of the long period that can elapse before the symptoms emerge.