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Northern Ireland Office

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Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many zoonotic disease conditions were reported in each of the past five years at the veterinary laboratories at (a) Omagh and (b) Stormont. [10837] Mr. Ancram: The information requested is provided in the table, which lists the zoonotic disease conditions reported at the veterinary sciences division's Omagh and Stormont laboratories in each of the years requested. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Ringworm Mange Cryptosporidia Trichinella Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont 1992 12 4 2 5 53 84 n/a 21,227 1993 17 4 3 7 47 88 n/a 8,397 1994 20 3 3 10 124 112 n/a 1,113 1995 12 2 1 0 112 60 n/a 32 1996 10 n/a 0 n/a 149 n/a n/a n/a Year Enzootic abortion Orf Campylobacter Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont 1992 1 0 3 0 22 95 1993 15 33 n/a 0 18 138 1994 46 28 3 3 52 {1}n/a 1995 68 {2}101 2 2 39 243 1996 71 57 0 0 17 361 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional figure. {2} Includes a number of survey samples. n/a = not available. The above table shows the most common positive diagnoses of the more common zoonotic conditions 1992-96. A number of less frequent conditions e.g. anthrax, psittacosis brucellosis have been omitted. In most cases there have been only single occurrences during the period. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Louping ill Salmonellae Leptospirae{1} M. bovis Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont 1992 n/a 3 109 369 146 254 n/a 1,798 1993 n/a 2 92 204 143 236 n/a 2,300 1994 n/a 2 145 700 137 262 229 1,688 1995 n/a 3 300 {2}753 136 248 890 1,547 1996 n/a 1 386 1,201 136 273 809 1,477 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Fluorescent antibody tests carried out at Stormont. {2} Provisional figure includes diagnostic and statutory samples. n/a = not available. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. M. johnei Listeria Toxoplasmosis Year Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont 1992 23 24 4 18 25 68 1993 21 16 5 20 18 41 1994 14 7 15 26 16 {1}n/a 1995 16 9 32 {1}60 60 300 1996 16 1 32 {1}60 32 445 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} = Provisional figure. n/a = not available. The above tables show the most common positive diagnoses of the more common zoonotic conditions 1992-96. A number of less frequent conditions e.g. anthrax, psittacosis brucellosis have been omitted. In most cases there have been only single occurrences during the period.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

288 c236W; 10837

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Animals Diseases Government research establishments Veterinary Sciences Division

Contains statistics

Yes