Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 20 May 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 May 2019. It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 29 May 2019 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Fish: Disease Control
- Question
-
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent ulcerative dermal necrosis in fish.
- Answer
-
The Fish Health Inspectorates, the official services for the control of diseases of aquatic animals in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, investigate reports of outbreaks of ulcerative dermal necrosis (UDN) in wild fish, and suspicion in farmed fish. There have been no confirmed reports of UDN in the UK since 2012, and UDN is not subject to official disease control measures.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 256403
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Diseases Disease control Fish
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2019-05-29 15:29:21 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2017-19/256403
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2017-19/256403
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2017-19/256403