70/’15
Hon. Buddhika Pathirana,— To ask the Minister of Rural Economic Affairs,—
(a) Will he admit that—
(i) bovine foot and mouth disease is spreading throughout Sri Lanka very rapidly;
(ii) the Department of Animal Production and Health does not possess a sufficient stock of vaccines given to prevent this disease;
(iii) many items contained in the Circular issued by the said Department in relation to controlling that disease, have been cancelled; and
(iv) it has not been possible to control that disease as a result of such cancellation?
(b) Will he inform this House—
(i) of the items that have been removed from the Circular issued by the Department of Animal Production and Health;
(ii) of the reasons for removing those items;
(iii) whether action will be taken to include those items again;
(iv) of the steps taken to provide without shortage, the medicine required to control the bovine foot and mouth disease; and
(v) of the measures taken to breed the cattle resource destroying owing to that disease?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2015-11-28
Asked by
Hon. Buddhika Pathirana, M.P.
Ministry
Rural Economic Afffairs
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Foot and Mouth Disease in cattle
Answered Date
2016-02-09
Answered by
Hon. P. Harrison, M.P.
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