Article: SHEEP TEST POSITIVE FOR FORM OF MAD COW

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Sheep test positive for form of mad cow

Apr 11, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Tests on 125 sheep confiscated from a Vermont farm one year ago indicate two of the animals may have been suffering from a form of mad cow disease, but further tests will be required to confirm the results, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday.

USDA officials seized 125 East Fresian sheep from Linda and Larry Faillace of Warren, Vt., and Houghton Freeman of Stowe, Vt., in March 2001 because it was believed they had been exposed to feed that had been contaminated with bone meal from animals afflicted with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, before ...

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