Zoonoses: Furs
Commons · Question 23406 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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Asked by 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
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 16 Jan 2025
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...