Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Farmed Deer (Hansard, 9 March 2001)

HL Deb 09 March 2001 vol 623 c56WA 56WA

§ Lord Rotherwick
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What contingency plans they have if farmed deer become infected with foot-and-mouth virus. [HL989]

§ Baroness Hayman
If farmed deer become infected with foot and mouth disease, they will be slaughtered and disposed of in the same way as any other species of farmed livestock.