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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 8 January 2002 to the hon. Member for East Surrey (Mr. Ainsworth), Official Report, column 756W, on animal slaughter (Jedburgh), how many premises outwith the 3km zone were slaughtered out; how many sheep were slaughtered at each of these individual farm premises outwith the 3km zone; how many of these premises were tested for evidence of foot and mouth disease; and what was the result of the tests. [29505] Mr. Morley: In the Scottish Borders local authority area there were 11 premises outwith the 3km area on which animals were slaughtered as part of the foot and mouth disease eradication strategy. Animals on six farms were slaughtered as the disease was suspected but not clinically proven and animals on a further five farms were slaughtered due to their contacts with Longtown market. This involved a total of 11,917 sheep as detailed in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Name of farm Number of sheep Tested for FMD Test result Sunnyside Farm, Haddington 230 Yes Negative West Broomhouse, Dunbar 74 Yes Negative Broadmeadows, Paxton 800 Yes Negative Broadlea, Hawick 1,200 Yes Negative Rawburn, Longformacus 3,000 Yes Negative Castlwood Farm, Jedburgh 43 Yes Negative Threepwood Cottage, Blainslie 1,155 Yes Negative Howford Farm, Ettrickbridge 2,115 Yes Negative Muirfield, Hawick 1,150 Yes Negative Foulshiels, Yarrow 1,000 Yes Negative Hopestead, Coldingham 1,150 Yes Negative _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

29505; 378 c1163-4W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Disease control Foot and mouth disease Livestock Sheep Jedburgh

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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