Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the incidence of Johne's disease as notified to his Department in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3739/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Notification to my Department of a case of Johne's disease only takes place on the basis of a positive faecal culture. As this takes 42 days to grow there have been no instances identified as yet for 2010.

In total there were 471 culture tests completed by my Department for 2009. From these, there have been 99 positive tests sourced from 58 different herds including one positive goat herd. There are also 112 samples still pending from 2009.