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FARMS CHECK ON PREVALENCE OF SCRAPIE
Thj Govjrnment is to survjy 3,500 farms
to find out how many sheep are infected
with scrapie, thj disjasj linked to BSE
Thj movj follows a call by the EC that
mutton and lamb should bj sold off-thj-
bonj in countries with high BSE levjls.
Scientists are also trying to find out
whjthjr BSE has been passjd to sheep
that wire fed thj processjd rimains of
sheep and cattli.
Thjri is no evidjnce yjt that thj brain
disjasj has crossjd ovjr.
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