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Written question asked by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Monday, 20 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 March 2017. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Thursday, 23 March 2017 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Dogs: Diseases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 67006 on bovine tuberculosis: dogs, whether her Department has carried out any research on diseases in packs of hunting dogs.

Answer

Bovine TB is a notifiable disease in all farmed and pet mammal species, including dogs. The disease has only very rarely been diagnosed in dogs, in this country and elsewhere, and investigations into bovine TB breakdowns in cattle herds have never identified the source of a breakdown as an infected dog.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
68511
Session
2016-17
Related items
Bovine Tuberculosis: Dogs
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Dogs Diseases Hunting
Link
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