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Scientists discover sheep can get BSE. No need to panic, they say. Should we?
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A SHEEP of a type thought to be resistant to BSE has developed a
similar type of infection.
Elliot Morley, the minister for animal health, moved swiftly to
downplay fears.
He said that the infected sheep was the only one to develop a
disease from a group of 19 which had been subjected to a "massive and
unnatural" injection of BSE-infected material directly into their
brains.
The experiment was carried out by the government-funded Institute
of Animal Health at Compton, B...
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Is this a food scare or should I stop eating lamb? `We must all decide whether to eat sheep that might, or might not, be infected with BSE'
The Independent - London
; ... that might, or might not, be infected with BSE. I have been reporting on these matters for several years now, but yesterday's news leaves me in the position of having to assess the probability that it will turn out that British sheep are currently infected ...
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Ministers consider ban on eating lamb as BSE sheep scare grows
The Independent - London
; A COMPLETE ban on eating lamb and the slaughter of thousands or even millions of sheep might be imposed if BSE, or "mad-cow disease", is found to be widespread in the national flock, the Government said last night. The move is part of a Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food contingency plan.
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Science: A killer in sheep's clothing Is the Government pulling the wool over our eyes? Experts are now facing one of their biggest fears: that BSE has been passed from cattle to sheep.
The Independent - London
; Earlier this year, a senior Government adviser was, in his own words, publicly "roasted" for suggesting that there is a distinct possibility of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) infecting British sheep. If scientists ever found sheep with BSE, he said, it would constitute a national emergency.
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`If we found BSE in sheep it would be a national emergency'. Official. Only nine sheep in 20,000,000 have been fully tested for BSE. So far
The Independent - London
; THE GOVERNMENT has launched a damage limitation exercise to quell fears over the possibility that British sheep might have become infected with BSE. Government press officers have been issued with a set of 16 questions and answers to rebut claims that British lamb is unsafe to eat, and that not
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Questions about risk of BSE in sheep; FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY: 'FSA is not advising against eating lamb as risk is theoretical'.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; The risk of BSE in sheep - answers from the Food Standards Agency to some key questions: QIs lamb safe to eat? AThe FSA is not advising against the consumption of lamb. The risk of BSE in sheep is theoretical but we think people have the right to be aware of it. QDoes that advice include giving
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Warning over BSE in sheep.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; Byline: By Geoff Meade THE European Commission yesterday ordered more tests after scientists warned they may have found so-called mad cow disease in sheep. Experts working at the EU's laboratories in Weybridge, Surrey, have been studying the brains of two sheep from France and one from Cyprus amid
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AGRICULTURE: BSE TESTS FOR SHEEP ON THE CARDS.
European Report
; The Committee specifies that in case BSE would be confirmed in sheep or goats, strict eradication measures would have to be applied with the entry into force of the new Council Regulation on the eradication, prevention and control of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies expected to come into
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CJD death toll 'could hit 150,000' Scientists' doomsday scenario over BSE in sheep
Daily Mail
; LAMB could pose a greater threat to human health than BSE- infected beef, scientists warn today. Their study suggests that if BSE has passed from cows to sheep and is spreading freely through flocks, many thousands could die from eating lamb. Should their 'worst-case scenario' happen, the maximum
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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CJD death toll 'could hit 150,000'; Scientists' doomsday scenario over BSE in sheep.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: PAUL KENDALL LAMB could pose a greater threat to human health than BSE-infected beef, scientists warn today. Their study suggests that if BSE has passed from cows to sheep and is spreading freely through flocks, many thousands could die from eating lamb. Should their 'worst-case scenario'
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Scientists discover sheep can get BSE. No need to panic, they say. Should we?
The Scotsman
; ... confirmed, will tell us nothing more than we already know about the possibility of BSE in the national flock." The concern with the news is that the group of 19 were from the most resistant genotype group - ARR/ARR - bred from sheep imported from New Zealand where ...
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