Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 December 2020
487. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the study into establishing the prevalence of mycoplasma bovis infection in the national herd has commenced; if the study will differentiate between feedlot produce beef and extensively produced beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42723/20]
View answerMy Department completed a seroprevalence survey for Mycoplasma Bovis in the dairy herd in 2018, and had previously undertaken a survey for M. bovis as part of a post mortem study on weaned animals in 2017. The latter study did not differentiate between feedlot and extensively-produced beef cattle. Animal Health Ireland provides advice on its website for the prevention and control of endemic or "production" disease in cattle such as those caused by M. bovis infection.
