HC Deb 06 June 1990 vol 173 cc659-60W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will send to Manchester city council and Trafford council the same information given by Her Majesty's Government to Westminister city council in relation to BSE.

Mr. Maclean

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. Clark) on 17 May.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the likely total number of cattle which have consumed scrapie-infected feed and which are still alive.

Mr. Maclean

This information is not available.

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will update the reply given to the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr. Davies) on 1 May,Official Report, column 465, concerning the youngest confirmed case found of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a calf.

Mr. Maclean

The youngest confirmed case remains the 22-month-old cow.

Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of cattle slaughtered because of bovine spongiform encephalopathy by their specific breeds.

Mr. Maclean

The total number of confirmed cases in each breed up to 23 May is as follows:

Breed Number
Aberdeen Angus 1
Aberdeen Angus × 17
Aberdeen Angus × Friesian 25
Ayr × Charolais 1
Ayrshire 182
Ayrshire × 12
Ayrshire × Shorthorn 1
Blonde d'Aquitaine 1
Blue Grey 0
British White × Aberdeen Angus 1
Brown Swiss 4
Charolais 17
Charolais × 7
Devon 1
Devon × Friesian 3
Friesian 10,747
Friesian × Ayrshire 3
Friesian × Galloway 1
Friesian × Guernsey 1
Friesian × Holstein 455
Friesian × Red Poll 1
Friesian × South Devon 0
Galloway × 3
Gelbvieh 1
Guernsey 146

Breed Number
Guernsey × 5
Guernsey × Murray Gray 1
Hereford 39
Hereford × 110
Hereford × Ayrshire 0
Hereford × Friesian 173
Hereford × Simmental 2
Holstein 262
Jersey 115
Jersey × Charolais 1
Jersey × Friesian 7
Limousin 13
Limousin × 3
Limousin × Friesian 20
Longhorn 1
Marchigiana 1
Merse Rhine Issel 1
Merse Rhine Issel × 1
North Devon 0
North Devon × Friesian 2
Red Friesian 12
Red Poll 3
Shorthorn 24
Shorthorn × 7
Shorthorn × Friesian 1
Shorthorn × Highland 0
Shorthorn × Lincoln Red 0
Shorthorn × Red Friesian 1
Shorthorn × Welsh Black 0
Simmental 18
Simmental × Angus 1
Simmental × Friesian 15
South Devon 7
South Devon × Limousin 0
Sussex 2
Sussex × 1
Sussex × Friesian 2
Unknown 1,361
Welsh Black 5
Welsh Black × Hereford 1
Total 13,849