Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 May 2020
879. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovines on farms here tested for tuberculosis using the skin test in each of the years 2015 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6175/20]
View answerThe following table shows the number of skin tests performed on bovines animals for the years 2015 to 2019:
|
Year |
Number of skin tests |
|
2019 |
8,827,682 |
|
2018 |
8,869,856 |
|
2017 |
8,882,933 |
|
2016 |
8,635,824 |
|
2015 |
8,429,602 |
Since some animals are tested more than once per year due to being in high risk herds or moving between herds, the total number of tests annually exceeds the total number of cattle in the country for a given year.
