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Written question asked by Greg Knight (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 March 2019 (named day). It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 March 2019 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Pigs: Bovine Tuberculosis

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time taken is from the date of a first sample to a final test result in TB tests on pigs in England for each year since 2013.

Answer

The average time to obtain results from growing cultures in the laboratory from samples taken from pigs can vary between 42 and 98 days.

Animals Average Days
2013 73 81
2014 68 111
2015 65 93
2016 104 93
2017 108 88
2018 144 92

APHA’s laboratory IT system does not hold the date the sample was taken. The data provided above has been calculated using the date when the samples were received at the APHA laboratory. This data excludes any incomplete submissions or those currently pending.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
229701
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Pigs Testing Bovine tuberculosis
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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