§ 1991. Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the total number of individual animals by species in which BSE has been confirmed in each of(a) 1988, (b) 1989, (c) 1990 and (d)
§ Mr. MacleanBovine spongiform encephalopathy is a disease of cattle. The total number of cases confirmed, by date of clinical onset in the requested years is as follows:
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Distribution of farmers and workers by county County Principal farmers or partners Other partners or directors Spouses of farmers/partners or directors All other workers Total Avon 1,602 588 529 3,576 6,295 Bedfordshire 961 443 341 1,962 3,707 Berkshire 619 216 206 1,475 2,516 Buckinghamshire 1,479 600 460 2,216 4,755 Cambridgeshire 2,842 1,279 929 6,150 11,200 Cheshire 3,567 1,328 1,378 5,442 11,715 Cleveland 355 164 116 440 1,075 Cornwall 5,757 1,775 2,379 5,495 15,406 Cumbria 5,288 2,255 2,378 4,712 14,633 Derbyshire 3,057 1,186 1,078 3,298 8,619 Devon 9,129 2,852 3,921 9,106 25,008 Dorset 2,402 934 985 4,123 8,444 Durham 1,838 739 666 1,816 5,059 East Sussex 1,798 601 642 3,879 6,920 (a) 3,038 (b) 7,614 (c) 14,332 (d) 19,792 (provisional)