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Over Thirty Month Scheme (OTMS) - 
Provisional accumulative totals to week ending 23 June 2002

Regions Abattoirs Incinerators Total
England 3,183,521 288,790 3,472,311
Wales 503,144 106,163 609,307
Scotland 782,376 67,535 849,911
N. Ireland 852,836 Nil 852,836
UK 5,321,877 462,488 5,784,365

Note: these are the figures presented for slaughter, including rejections.

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Offspring Cull - as at 29 December 2003

 

Backlog1 cases

Non Backlog2 cases
Offspring born after 01/08/96 to BSE cases

7528
22812
Offspring already dead
3562
11548
Offspring slaughtered under the cull
3907
11083
Offspring being traced
0
15
Offspring identified as untraceable
57
97
Offspring consigned out of GB
2
9
Animals awaiting slaughter
0
60

1  The backlog is defined as those offspring born after 01 August 1996 to dams in which BSE was confirmed before 25 November 1998
2  Offspring born to BSE cases confirmed after 25 November 1998

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Selective Cull - as at 19 August 2002

Region

Animals Slaughtered
England

67,847
Wales 5,468
Scotland 2,543
Great Britain 75,858
Northern Ireland 1,485
Imports into NI from GB 28
UK Total 77,343

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Beef Assurance Scheme - as at 17 January 2002

 Region

Number of applications (herds)

Total number of animals covered by applications*

Number of herds that have been provisionally accepted**

Number of herds registered

Total number of animals in registered herds
England 397 17,110 84 55 3,037
Scotland 79 3,337 23 7 525
Wales 89 4,361 14 7 503
GB Total 565 24,802 121 69 4,065

*  This relates to the number of cattle in herds at the time of application.
**  Excludes current members, ex-members and those which were subsequently rejected following a preliminary inspection report (BAS10).

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