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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 17 Dec 1997

Vol. 485 No. 3

Written Answers. - BSE Incidence.

Trevor Sargent

Question:

178 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number and type of herds in counties Roscommon, Leitrim, Donegal and Sligo in which BSE has been detected; the number of animals in each herd; the dates on which BSE was detected in each of the four counties; and the name and address of the plant or the facility to which the initial herd in each county was removed. [23350/97]

The following table sets out the information requested:

County

Number of Cases in 1989

Number of Animals

Herd Type

Date of Confirmation

Place of slaughter of initial herd

Donegal

4

A. 49

3 Dairy

A. Sept. ’89

B. 282

1 Suckler

B. Oct. ’89

C. 28

C. Dec. ’89

D.27

D. Dec. ’89

A. AIBP Carrigans

No cases occurred in Counties Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon or Sligo in 1989
No cases occurred in Counties Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon or Sligo in 1990

County

Number of Cases in 1991

Number of Animals

Herd Type

Date of Confirmation

Place of slaughter of initial herd

Donegal

2

A. 79

A. Jan. ’91

B. 22

2 Dairy

B. Mar. ’91

Sligo

2

A. 28

2 Dairy

A. Aug. ’91

B. 88

B. Nov. ’91

A. Slaney Meats

No cases occurred in Counties Leitrim or Roscommon in 1991

County

1992

Number of Animals

Herd Type

Date of Confirmation

Donegal

5

A. 51

2 Dairy

A. Apr. ’92

B. 30

3 Suckler

B. May ’92

C. 35

C. Jul. ’92

D. 21

D. Dec. ’92

E. 36

E. Dec. ’92

Sligo

1

154

Dairy

Jan. ’92

No cases occurred in Counties Leitrim or Roscommon in 1992

County

1993

Number of Animals

Herd Type

Date of Confirmation

Place of slaughter of initial herd

Donegal

3

A. 20

3 Suckler

A. Feb. ’93

B. 27

B. Mar. ’93

C. 19

C. Jun. ’93

Leitrim

1

10

Suckler

Jul. ’93

Liffey Meats

Roscommon

1

22

Dairy

Feb. ’93

Liffey Meats

No cases occurred in County Sligo in 1993

County

1994

Number of Animals

Herd Type

Date of Confirmation

Donegal

1

83

Suckler

Feb. ’94

Sligo

2

A. 78

2 Dairy

A. Feb. ’94

B.133

B. Mar. ’94

No cases occurred in Counties Leitrim or Roscommon in 1994

County

1995

Number of Animals

Herd Type

Date of Confirmation

Donegal

1

52

Dairy

Jan. ’95

No cases occurred in Counties Leitrim, Roscommon or Sligo in 1995

County

1996

Number of Animals

Herd Type

Date of Confirmation

Donegal

5

A. 119

3 Dairy

A. Feb. ’96

B. 52

2 Suckler

B. Sept. ’96

C. 9

C. Oct. ’96

D. 162

D. Nov. ’96

E. 4

E. Dec. ’96

No cases occurred in Counties Leitrim, Roscommon or Sligo in 1996

County

1997

Number of Animals

Herd Type

Date of Confirmation

Donegal

5

A.6

1 Dairy

A. Jul. ’97

B. 13

4 suckler

B. Jul. ’97

C. 89

C. Oct. ’97

D. 5

D. Oct. ’97

E. 82

E. Oct. ’97

Roscommon

1

77

Dairy

Jan. ’97

No cases occurred in Counties Leitrim or sligo in 1997 (to date)

Since early 1996, all herds in which a case of BSE has been confirmed are slaughtered at a dedicated plant and the carcases are rendered into meat and bonemeal.
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