Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 23406

Zoonoses: Furs

Tabled: 13 January 2025

Answered: 16 January 2025

Question

Rosie Duffield

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the publication entitled Farmed fur animals harbour viruses with zoonotic spillover potential,

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

This paper has been discussed at the Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance group, the cross-Government risk assessment group, where it was recognised that there are several novel viruses detected in fur farmed animals as well as other species farm...

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