Bovine Tuberculosis

Mr. Watkinson
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cattle have been identified as carrying bovine tuberculosis in Gloucestershire and the South-West region, respectively, in 1978, 1977, 1976 and 1975.

Mr. Strang
The following table gives the numbers of cattle which reacted to the tuberculin test and were found at postmortem examination to have lesions of tuberculosis: