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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 October 2021

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Questions (773)

Matt Carthy

Question:

773. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the prevalence of liver abscesses in cattle by county or smallest available geographic unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48115/21]

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The information requested by the Deputy is provided below. This data was captured by the AHI Beef HealthCheck programme on liver abscesses at slaughter in cattle at 17 factories participating in the programme. This would account for between 50-60% of the national kill. Data has been collected from 2016 to date and includes beef and dairy animals of all ages. Data for the 2021 year is partial to August.

County

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021*

CARLOW

5.7

4.4

3.1

4.7

4.3

4.8

CAVAN

3.1

3.7

2.2

3.1

3.3

3.6

CLARE

3.8

3.5

2.2

3.0

2.9

2.7

CORK

5.1

5.4

4.5

5.0

4.7

4.3

DONEGAL

2.2

1.9

1.7

2.1

2.1

1.4

DUBLIN

2.6

3.9

2.9

3.1

3.5

4.0

GALWAY

3.6

2.8

2.4

2.2

2.3

2.2

KERRY

3.9

3.6

2.4

3.4

3.4

3.3

KILDARE

4.5

4.0

2.5

3.3

4.1

3.8

KILKENNY

4.0

3.7

3.2

3.8

4.6

4.5

LAOIS

5.1

4.9

3.7

3.8

4.7

4.0

LEITRIM

2.2

2.1

2.4

3.5

3.5

1.9

LIMERICK

4.4

3.9

2.9

3.4

3.5

3.9

LONGFORD

4.0

3.6

3.2

2.7

3.8

3.4

LOUTH

4.6

4.3

3.6

3.4

3.9

3.7

MAYO

2.1

2.3

1.5

1.9

1.6

1.3

MEATH

4.1

4.1

3.1

4.2

4.2

3.9

MONAGHAN

3.3

4.3

3.5

4.1

4.4

3.6

OFFALY

4.6

3.8

2.9

3.5

3.7

3.2

ROSCOMMON

3.5

3.7

2.9

2.4

2.6

2.1

SLIGO

2.7

2.3

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.2

TIPPERARY

4.4

4.1

3.4

3.8

4.5

4.6

WATERFORD

3.9

3.9

3.0

3.8

3.9

4.0

WESTMEATH

3.9

3.4

2.7

3.2

2.6

2.6

WEXFORD

5.6

3.9

2.5

3.8

3.9

4.5

WICKLOW

5.2

4.1

3.1

3.9

4.7

4.4

TOTAL

4.2

4.1

3.2

3.8

3.9

3.8

Table: Percentage of liver abscesses in cattle per county of slaughter as part of the Beef HealthCheck programme (*2021 partial data to August)

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