APHA BSE survey

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Animal & Plant Health Agency

Dear Sir / Madam, Annwyl Syr / Madam, Appeal to participate in a survey​ On behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Scottish Government and the Welsh Government, we at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are asking all active cattle farmers to participate in a short online survey following the recent case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) detected in England in 2021. This case was potentially linked to residual contaminated feed from a silo that had been in use since the early 1980s and was the most likely source of infection. This survey therefore hopes to establish whether you still use a silo, or any other container storing loose concentrated feedstuffs, that predates 1 August 1996 when the reinforced ban on feeding of processed animal protein to farmed animals was introduced. Thank you in advance for your time and help in completing this survey – your input is invaluable in contributing to the Government’s drive to eradicate BSE and to obtain negligible BSE risk status. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the [email protected] mailbox. Apelio i gymryd rhan mewn arolwg​ Ar ran Adran yr Amgylchedd, Bwyd a Materion Gwledig (Defra), Llywodraeth yr Alban a Llywodraeth Cymru, rydyn ni yn yr Asiantaeth Iechyd Anifeiliaid a Phlanhigion (APHA) yn gofyn i bob ffermwr gwartheg gweithredol gymryd rhan mewn arolwg byr yn dilyn achos diweddar o Enseffalopathi Sbyngffurf Buchol (BSE) y cafodd ei ddarganfod yn Lloegr yn 2021. Gallai’r achos hwn fod yn gysylltiedig â bwyd halogedig gweddilliol o seilo a oedd wedi cael ei ddefnyddio ers dechrau’r 1980au a dyma’r ffynhonnell heintio fwyaf tebygol. Mae’r arolwg hwn felly’n gobeithio sefydlu a ydych yn dal i ddefnyddio seilo, neu unrhyw gynhwysydd arall sy’n storio bwydydd anifeiliaid crynodedig rhydd, sy’n dyddio yn ôl i cyn 1 Awst 1996 pan ailgyflwynwyd y gwaharddiad ar fwydo protein anifeiliaid wedi’i brosesu i anifeiliaid fferm. Diolch i chi ymlaen llaw am eich amser a’ch cymorth i lenwi’r arolwg hwn – mae eich cyfraniad yn amhrisiadwy o ran cyfrannu at ymgyrch y Llywodraeth i ddileu BSE ac i gael statws risg BSE isel. Os oes gennych chi unrhyw sylwadau neu bryderon, mae croeso i chi gysylltu â [email protected]. For more information and to complete the online survey please click on the following relevant link:​ English. Welsh. Kind regards, Cofion cynnes, The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) Yr Asiantaeth Iechyd Anifeiliaid a Phlanhigion (APHA) Level H1 County Hall Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2NP

 

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Typical DEFRA. The survey assumes everyone has or had bulk feed storage bins which I don’t.. Consequently when answering no action taken on Govt advice they will assume that advice has been ignored when in fact there was no action that could be taken because there were or are no bins!
If they have anything about them they will be in touch to find out why I have not cleaned bins I don’t have and have never had.
I won’t hold my breath but will expect legislation on registering bins to keep civil servants in work, much the same as registering my 3 feral chickens!