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Dear Mr Morgan

Please see attached an acknowledgement to your Freedom of Information
request, which was received by Defra on 30^th May 2010.

<<RFI 3364 - Acknowledgement.doc>>

Regards

Benjamin Rees

Bovine TB Programme

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

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Dear Mr Morgan

Thank you for your request to Defra dated 30 May 2010 for information
which is being supplied under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002 for information relating to the number of farms in Ayrshire affected
by bovine TB in the last 2 years and the amount of compensation paid. We
have now completed our search for the information you request which is as
follows:

In the previous two calendar years (2008 & 2009) nine farms in Ayrshire
had cattle compulsorily slaughtered under bovine tuberculosis control
legislation (Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 2007) and the total
compensation paid was £157,505

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Your Sincerely

Angela McMorland
Policy Manager
Scottish Government
Rural & Environment Directorate
Animal Welfare & Endemic Disease Control
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