Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of Brucella Canis were reported between April 2021 and January 2022; and what data her Department holds on reported cases of Brucella Canis between January 2011 and April 2021.
We consider a case to be a single epidemiological event. Each event may involve 1 or more dogs.
For example, many cases are just 1 dog (imported rescue dog) while another case may involve a breeder of a litter of dogs where more than 1 dog is infected.
So between 1st April 2021 – 31st January 2022: Cases = 35 (37 positive dogs).
Prior to April 2020 we have data identifying 3 cases: 2 in 2017 and 1 in 2018 (all single dogs imported from eastern Europe).
1st April 2020 – 31st March 2021: Cases = 14 (53 positive dogs)
Total January 2011 – April 2021 is the sum of these 17 cases (56 positive dogs).