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Dr. David Clark
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for South Shields of 25 June, Official Report, column 28, how many animals in zoos have died of spongiform encephalopathies; if he will list the species involved, the zoos concerned and the date detected in each case; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer
Spongiform encephalopathies have been confirmed in five antelope in British zoos:
- — a nyala, died June 1986
- — a gemsbok, died June 1987
- — an Arabian oryx, died March 1989
- — a greater kudu, died August 1989
- — an eland, died December 1989