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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 11 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 October 2016. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 October 2016 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Pigs: Diseases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of pigs which have died of disease or were put down on account of disease in each of the last five years.

Answer

Defra collects data on cases of notifiable or reportable diseases, as per a legal requirement. The department does not estimate the number of all cattle or all pigs which have died of disease or were put down on account of disease as the department does not collect cattle or pigs death data.

There have been no pig deaths due to notifiable disease in Great Britain in the last 5 years. There were two cattle deaths in 2015 from Anthrax. The most recent data on Bovine Tuberculosis is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/incidence-of-tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
48141
Session
2016-17
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Death Diseases Pigs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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