Written answers
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Animal Diseases
Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of bovine tuberculosis herd incidents, by county, in 2017 and 2018 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12235/19]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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At the end of 2018, national herd incidence for TB stood at 3.51% as is shown in the following table, marginally up on the same period last year (comparable figure for 2017 is 3.47%). This means that in 2018, 3.51% of all herds tested for TB have experienced a new breakdown, i.e., they have had at least 1 animal that tested positive for TB.
The tables show by county the number of herds restricted, number of reactor animals and herd incidence in 2017 and 2018.
| RVO | Herd Incidence 2018 | Herds Restricted in 2018 | Reactors in 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLOW | 2.75% | 35 | 105 |
| CAVAN | 4.19% | 201 | 893 |
| CLARE | 3.77% | 225 | 1,265 |
| CORK North | 5.66% | 320 | 2,086 |
| CORK South | 2.72% | 161 | 582 |
| DONEGAL | 1.70% | 87 | 113 |
| DUBLIN | 8.40% | 30 | 169 |
| GALWAY | 2.23% | 241 | 838 |
| KERRY | 2.62% | 172 | 1,069 |
| KILDARE | 3.52% | 63 | 167 |
| KILKENNY | 2.92% | 88 | 352 |
| LAOIS | 3.60% | 100 | 505 |
| LEITRIM | 2.02% | 58 | 185 |
| LIMERICK | 1.79% | 94 | 364 |
| LONGFORD | 1.97% | 46 | 207 |
| LOUTH | 4.88% | 56 | 101 |
| MAYO | 2.20% | 193 | 501 |
| MEATH | 5.39% | 193 | 754 |
| MONAGHAN | 8.91% | 371 | 1,677 |
| OFFALY | 3.96% | 122 | 360 |
| ROSCOMMON | 2.72% | 144 | 336 |
| SLIGO | 3.94% | 134 | 482 |
| TIPP NORTH | 4.85% | 165 | 1,296 |
| TIPP SOUTH | 2.86% | 96 | 399 |
| WATERFORD | 2.78% | 59 | 343 |
| WESTMEATH | 4.82% | 147 | 666 |
| WEXFORD | 4.33% | 129 | 709 |
| WICKLOW E | 9.51% | 98 | 596 |
| WICKLOW W | 8.60% | 46 | 371 |
| TOTAL | 3.51% | 3,874 | 17,491 |
| RVO | Herd Incidence 2017 | Herds Restricted in 2017 | Reactors in 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLOW | 3.55%2.75% | 4635 | 103105 |
| CAVAN | 5.53%4.19% | 263201 | 1,408893 |
| CLARE | 3.37%3.77% | 204225 | 1,2071,265 |
| CORK North | 4.72%5.66% | 270320 | 1,7752,086 |
| CORK South | 4.10%2.72% | 246161 | 809582 |
| DONEGAL | 2.00%1.70% | 10487 | 184113 |
| DUBLIN | 5.57%8.40% | 2130 | 86169 |
| GALWAY | 2.59%2.23% | 284241 | 975838 |
| KERRY | 2.70%2.62% | 180172 | 1,1731,069 |
| KILDARE | 3.64%3.52% | 6863 | 146167 |
| KILKENNY | 3.24%2.92% | 9988 | 421352 |
| LAOIS | 3.28%3.60% | 93100 | 667505 |
| LEITRIM | 2.87%2.02% | 8358 | 309185 |
| LIMERICK | 2.26%1.79% | 12194 | 533364 |
| LONGFORD | 2.21%1.97% | 5246 | 73207 |
| LOUTH | 4.01%4.88% | 4656 | 181101 |
| MAYO | 2.20%2.20% | 197193 | 507501 |
| MEATH | 5.77%5.39% | 206193 | 654754 |
| MONAGHAN | 4.94%8.91% | 207371 | 1,0891,677 |
| OFFALY | 3.66%3.96% | 114122 | 346360 |
| ROSCOMMON | 2.71%2.72% | 146144 | 422336 |
| SLIGO | 3.04%3.94% | 105134 | 290482 |
| TIPP NORTH | 4.26%4.85% | 146165 | 8421,296 |
| TIPP SOUTH | 3.27%2.86% | 11196 | 361399 |
| WATERFORD | 1.66%2.78% | 3659 | 149343 |
| WESTMEATH | 5.72%4.82% | 175147 | 919666 |
| WEXFORD | 4.57%4.33% | 138129 | 907709 |
| WICKLOW E | 5.97%9.51% | 6398 | 421596 |
| WICKLOW W | 11.05%8.60% | 6146 | 309371 |
| TOTAL | 3.47%3.51% | 3,8853,874 | 17,26617,491 |
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