Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
(asked on 29th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many herds have been subject to interferon gamma testing in each of the (a) low, (b) edge and (c) high-risk bovine tuberculosis control areas in 2018.
This question was answered on 5th February 2019
In response to the question, ‘herd’ has been interpreted to mean ‘holding (County Parish Holding - CPH)’. The number of holdings in England subject to interferon gamma testing is set out below.
TB Risk Area | Low | Edge | High |
Number of holdings (CPH) to which IFN-γ test applied | 44 | 250 | 368 |