BSE IRELAND
September 1st, 2002
BY JONATHAN THOMSON
THIS YEAR will see the highest ever number of confirmed BSE cases in Irish cattle, according to official government figures. The country's Department of Agriculture admits that the number of cases detected so far this year has reached 246, the same figure for all of 2001, itself a record year.
THIS YEAR will see the highest ever number of confirmed BSE cases in Irish cattle, according to official government figures. The country's Department of Agriculture admits that the number of cases detected so far this year has reached 246, the same figure for all of 2001, itself a record year.
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