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- BERLIN (Reuters) - Scientists
took soil samples on Thursday from the farm hit by Germany's first case
of mad cow disease to try to discover whether cattle can contract the brain-wasting
disorder from grazing in fields.
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- The tests came after Environment Minister Juergen Trittin
warned this week that the agents which caused BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
might be able to survive and multiply in the ground.
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- Separately, Germany's lower house of parliament was due
to vote later on legislation to ban the use of meat-based feeds for livestock,
blamed for spreading the disease.
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- The measure should also clear the upper house of parliament
on Friday and take effect on Saturday, making it the fastest act of legislation
in Germany in over a quarter of a century.
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- Martin Wille, head of the farm ministry's BSE crisis
team, said Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder would discuss with regional leaders
on Thursday evening who would pay the 350 million marks ($155 million)
cost of destroying stocks of animal-based feeds.
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