HC Deb 22 June 1992 vol 210 cc83-4W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the groups of mammals from schedule 1 to the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats, and other Mammals) Order 1974 which will be exempt from quarantine control as a result of the agreement with Agriculture Ministers in the EC on 15 June; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gummer

From 1 January 1994, commercially traded animals born and kept on the holding of origin, from the following groups, will be subject to similar rules as for farm livestock and need not undergo quarantine:

  • Edentata
  • Hydracoidea
  • Dermoptera
  • Insectivora
  • Lagomorpha
  • Marsupalia
  • Rodentin

Additionally, from 1 July 1994, subject to very stringent conditions certain commercially traded cats and dogs for breeding may move between registered premises without quarantine.

Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the consideration at future meetings of the Council of Agriculture Ministers on acceptable alternatives to quarantine for pet animals is linked to any time scale; and if a decision on such alternatives will be made by majority vote.

1991 1992
January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March
Marble Spleen Disease (Birds) 1 0 1 7 3 0 3 2 7 3 0 0 0 0 1
Enteric salmonellosis in 12 10 12 5 8 7 5 12 8 10 5 4 5 10 5
pigs—not recorded but included in S. Typhimurium and Other Serotypes 16 6 8 4 3 10 6 12 10 8 10 4 4 8 7
Hypocalcaemia (Sheep) 9 30 47 16 11 3 2 4 0 1 4 4 27 44 41
Hypomagnesaemia (Sheep) 6 10 19 22 6 4 0 5 1 0 0 1 4 13 14
Swine Erysipelas 0 1 1 3 0 3 3 4 3 5 1 4 3 2 7
Parvovirus in Pigs 3 8 3 5 3 7 8 2 3 8 4 10 4 7 4
Pyelonephritis in Pigs 3 7 9 7 6 4 2 3 3 3 4 1 4 4 4
Greasy Pig Disease(Exudative Dermatitis) 3 3 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 3 5 2 4 2 9
Swayback (Sheep) 1 3 8 11 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Coenuniosis (Coenurriasis) (Sheep) 3 4 2 0 1 3 0 4 3 4 6 1 4 7 2
Listeriosis (Sheep) 24 58 74 57 18 2 l 3 4 3 3 7 19 48 42
Foetopathy caused by 17 22 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 36 17
Listeria (Sheep)
Scrapie (Sheep) 126 120 141 80 67 62 54 76 73 69 52 69 91 119 69
Border Disease (Sheep) 2 3 16 15 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 3 1
Rotavirus Infection (Cattle) 177 197 218 189 105 55 66 61 96 125 157 169 175 209 207
Abortions in cattle caused by Bacillus Licheniformis 16 19 23 10 12 17 8 7 4 4 8 4 23 13 23

Note:

Figures for April and May 1991 are not yet available.

Mr. Soames

No time scale has been adopted. I hope that any agreement on rabies control measures for pet animals would be unanimous, as was the agreement on commercially traded animals on 15 June.

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