Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 790

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

Tabled: 18 July 2024

Answered: 25 July 2024

Question

Danny Beales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) help prevent the dairy-cattle H5N1 virus strain from (i) entering and (ii) spreading among the UK population and (b) prepare for potential outbreaks of t

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Government is in close contact with counterparts in the United States on the incidents of influenza of avian origin in cattle in the USA. We know that the strain of virus (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) strain B3.13) involved has not been de...

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