HC Deb 02 May 1990 vol 171 c604W
Mr. Onslow

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information is available to him from international sources concerning the incidence of foot and mouth disease in each of the countries of Eastern Europe.

Mr. Maclean

According to the information available from the Food and Agricultural Organisation and the Office International des Epizooties the last recorded outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the countries of eastern Europe are as follows:

  • Yugoslavia 1978
  • USSR 19901
  • Romania 1973
  • Poland 1971
  • Hungary 1973
  • German Democratic Republic 1982
  • Czechoslovakia 1975
  • Bulgaria 1973
  • 1Two outbreaks