Decision soon on BSE sheep

7 August 2000



Decision soon on ‘BSE sheep’

THE US department of Agriculture will learn on Monday whether it has the right to destroy three flocks of sheep it suspects of having BSE

Four of the sheep, which were exported from Belgium to Vermont in 1996, tested positive for an unidentified transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE).

Flock owners have challenged the decision to slaughter the flocks after tests proved inconclusive, reports the BBC Radio 4 Farming Today programme.

Belgium wants the sheep returned to Europe for monitoring and tests.

• FSA warns sheep trade to expect BSE in UK flock, FWi, 21 July 2000
• Cheese warning in US mad sheep scare, FWi, 19 July 2000
• US row over BSE sheep, FWi, 17 November 1999