§ Mr. ForthTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the incidence of rabies in each EU and EEA country in each of the last five years. [57453]
§ Mr. RookerThe incidence of rabies in domestic and wild animals in each EU and EEA Country in each of the last five years was as follows:
Country 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Austria 675 254 95 14 8 Belgium 2 61 213 44 9 Denmark 1 13 1 0 8 Finland 0 0 0 0 0 France 261 99 240 17 2 Germany 845 1,378 856 152 86 Greece 0 0 0 0 0 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 Italy 82 36 11 0 0 Luxembourg 1 1 15 17 2 Netherlands 10 1 34 5 13 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 Spain 45 3 46 41 45 Switzerland and Liechtenstein 175 225 23 6 51 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 UK 0 0 0 61 0 1 Two of these cases were imported from USA. 2 One of these cases was a dog imported from Burkina Faso. 3 One of these cases was a grey fox imported into Netherlands. 4 Cases in Spanish territory of North Africa. 5 One of these cases was a dog imported from Morocco. 6 This was a case of European Bat Lyssavirus 2 in a bat discovered in Newhaven. The bat was believed to have blown across the Channel. Source:
The Rabies Bulletin Europe, compiled and edited by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research, Federal Republic of Germany.