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Zoonotic Diseases

Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many zoonotic disease conditions were reported in each of the past five years at the veterinary laboratories at (a) Omagh and (b) Stormont. [10837]

Mr. Ancram: The information requested is provided in the table, which lists the zoonotic disease conditions reported at the veterinary sciences division's Omagh and Stormont laboratories in each of the years requested.

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Year	Ringworm		Mange		Cryptosporidia		Trichinella
	Omagh	Stormont	Omagh	Stormont	Omagh	Stormont	Omagh	Stormont
1992	12	4	2	5	53	84	n/a	21,227
1993	17	4	3	7	47	88	n/a	8,397
1994	20	3	3	10	124	112	n/a	1,113
1995	12	2	1	0	112	60	n/a	32
1996	10	n/a	0	n/a	149	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Year	Enzootic abortion		Orf		Campylobacter
	Omagh	Stormont	Omagh	Stormont	Omagh	Stormont
1992	1	0	3	0	22	95
1993	15	33	n/a	0	18	138
1994	46	28	3	3	52	(11)n/a
1995	68	(12)101	2	2	39	243
1996	71	57	0	0	17	361

(11) Provisional figure.

(12) Includes a number of survey samples.

n/a = not available.

The above table shows the most common positive diagnoses of the more common zoonotic conditions 1992-96. A number of less frequent conditions e.g. anthrax, psittacosis, brucellosis have been omitted. In most cases there have been only single occurrences during the period.

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Year	Louping ill		Salmonellae		Leptospirae(13)		M. bovis
	Omagh	Stormont	Omagh	Stormont	Omagh	Stormont	Omagh	Stormont
1992	n/a	3	109	369	146	254	n/a	1,798
1993	n/a	2	92	204	143	236	n/a	2,300
1994	n/a	2	145	700	137	262	229	1,688
1995	n/a	3	300	(14)753	136	248	890	1,547
1996	n/a	1	386	1,201	136	273	809	1,477

(13) Fluorescent antibody tests carried out at Stormont.

(14) Provisional figure includes diagnostic and statutory samples.

n/a = not available.

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	M. johnei		Listeria		Toxoplasmosis
Year	Omagh	Stormont	Omagh	Stormont	Omagh	Stormont
1992	23	24	4	18	25	68
1993	21	16	5	20	18	41
1994	14	7	15	26	16	(15)n/a
1995	16	9	32	(15)60	60	300
1996	16	1	32	(15)60	32	445

(15) = Provisional figure.

n/a = not available.

The tables show the most common positive diagnoses of the more common zoonotic conditions 1992-96. A number of less frequent conditions e.g. anthrax, psittacosis, brucellosis have been omitted. In most cases there have been only single occurrences during the period.

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