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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full post-mortem cases were carried out, and on which species in each of the past five years at the veterinary laboratories at (a) Stormont and (b) Omagh. [10836] _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Cattle{1} Sheep Pigs Miscellaneous Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont{2} 1992 1,399 1,280 796 563 726 501 23 837 1993 1,507 1,379 903 701 778 559 47 575 1994 1,674 1,344 1,006 691 757 544 58 825 1995 1,749 1,210 996 668 780 399 65 688 1996 1,560 1,314 1,047 744 892 327 182 672 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Excluding BSE cattle. {2} Miscellaneous submissions at Stormont include zoo animals, pigeons, exotic birds, badgers, marine mammals and material connected with the wildlife investigation scheme. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Poultry Horses BSE/Cattle Fish Omagh Stormont{1} Omagh Stormont Omagh Stormont Stormont 1992 1,932 16,533 19 with misc 134 293 4,696 1993 2,792 20,855 15 with misc 263 403 2,789 1994 5,793 24,750 3 with misc 127 443 4,349 1995 3,261 23,485 3 with misc 70 229 2,790 1996 2,813 19,753 11 39 26 125 3,900 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Poultry submissions at Stormont include both diagnostic and statutory. In 1996 the split was 5,983 for diagnostic purposes, while 13,770 were received for statutory purposes. Statutory submissions do not generally have a detailed post-mortem examination carried out.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

288 c258-60W; 10836

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Cattle Horses Fish Poultry Northern Ireland Livestock Pigs Post-mortems Omagh Sheep Veterinary services BSE Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland Assembly) Veterinary Sciences Division