Netherlands gets first case of BSE

THE HAGUE - The first case of "mad cow" disease has been detected in the Netherlands, the Agriculture Minister, Mr Jozias van…

THE HAGUE - The first case of "mad cow" disease has been detected in the Netherlands, the Agriculture Minister, Mr Jozias van Aartsen, said here yesterday.

Mr Van Aartsen told a news conference after a cabinet meeting that the farm where the case was reported was located at Wilp in the east of the country.

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