Written question asked by Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 6 March 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 March 2002. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Monday, 11 March 2002 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 5th March 2002 at 381 c212W, on foot and mouth disease monitoring, how many sentinel animals have been tested for foot-and-mouth since restocking of culled premises began; and what proportion were identified as carrying the foot-and-mouth (a) live virus and (b) antibody.

Answer: Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 5 March 2002, Official Report, column 212W, on foot and mouth disease monitoring, how many sentinel animals have been tested for foot-and-mouth since restocking of culled premises began; and what proportion were identified as carrying the foot-and-mouth (a) live virus and (b) antibody. [41973] Mr. Morley: 189,694 blood samples from sentinel animals have been tested since restocking began. Six samples (0.003 per cent.) have tested positive for Foot and Mouth Disease antibodies. No live virus has been detected.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 41973; 381 c784W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Disease control Foot and mouth disease Livestock Monitoring Testing
Contains statistics: Yes
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