§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the earliest research was carried out in the United Kingdom concerning the infection under laboratory conditions of bovine brains by scrapie; and when was the first confirmation that such infection was possible.
§ Mr. MacleanI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Truro (Mr. Taylor) on 15 March,Official Report, column 325.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when his Department first became aware of the ability to transmit under experimental conditions sheep scrapie to other animal species.
§ Mr. MacleanThe first report of the transmission of sheep scrapie to another species, in this case goats, was published in 1939. The first report of transmission to animals other than sheep and goats (mice) was published in 1961.