§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Truro (Mr. Taylor),Official Report, 24 July, column 221, 939W what aspects of the scrapie programme initiated under the direction of W. B. Martin were subsequently accepted for publication.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe research in question was mainly concerned with the way in which various strains of scrapie agent interact with the host animal. Some work on natural transmissions of infection and the pathology of scrapie in sheep was also done. About 20 scientific publications resulted, the majority inNature and the Journal of Comparative Pathology.