HC Deb 11 February 2002 vol 380 c88W
Mr. Breed

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will estimate the revenue lost per annum since 1990 to dairy farms as a result of(a) bovine TB, (b) pneumonia, (c) bovine viral diarrhoea, (c) mastitis, (d) calf scours and (e) foot rot, broken down by constituency. [31809]

Mr. Morley

[holding answer 31 January 2002): Information is not collated on the impact on farmers' revenues of different animal diseases.

Mr. Breed

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average veterinary costs per annum since 1990 to dairy farms were as a result of(a) bovine TB, (b) pneumonia, (c) bovine viral diarrhoea, (c) mastitis, (d) calf scours and (e) foot rot, broken down by constituency. [31810]

Mr. Morley

[holding answer 31 January 2002]: While estimates of average veterinary costs per farm for dairy farms are available, it is not possible to attribute these costs to specific animal diseases nor to give these by constituency.