The following table displays the number of reactors slaughtered as a consequence of bovine tuberculosis in each of the last 10 years.
Cornwall South West Region (GO)1 England 2009 3,426 15,770 24,500 2008 3,585 16,570 26,038 2007 2,303 11,988 18,543 2006 1,662 9,209 14,585 2005 3,339 14,581 20,145 2004 2,338 10,466 15,093 2003 2,314 10,461 15,120 2002 2,616 10,608 15,482 2001 702 2,452 3,804 2000 1,105 4,529 7,073 1 The South West Government Office region includes; Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, the Isles of Scilly, Somerset and Wiltshire. Notes: 1. Data from Vetnet are produced three months in arrears and the latest report available is for December 2009. Therefore data cannot be provided for the last three months. 2. Data from Vetnet are provisional and subject to change as more data becomes available. Source: Vetnet
The following table shows the number of cattle killed on suspicion of being affected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in England in each of the last 10 years.
England South West Region Cornwall 2009 12 6 4 2008 28 14 3 2007 53 25 5 2006 96 38 6 2005 122 53 18 2004 258 96 22 2003 340 150 39 2002 687 238 60 2001 1,009 333 64 2000 1,561 539 101 Source: Veterinary Laboratories Agency's BSE Database
For the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak of 2001, the number of cattle culled as a result of contracting FMD during 2001 was 1,407 in Cornwall, 86,630 in the South West and 581,802 in England.
For the FMD outbreak of 2007, no cattle were culled in Cornwall or the South West during 2007 as a result of contracting the disease, but 982 cattle were culled in England.
For the Bluetongue outbreak of 2007, no cattle were culled in Cornwall or the South West during 2007 as a result of contracting the disease, but five cows were culled in England.
The above figures were sourced from Animal Health.