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Cull halted after new BSE report

Language: English Series: Farmers' Weekly ; 125(10) 6 September 1996, 10 | Daily Telegraph ; 13 September 1996, 1&2(3)Publication details: 1996Subject(s): Summary: Summarises results from the Oxford University/MAFF report on BSE. Concludes that slaughtering 83,000 fewer cattle than MAFF recommends would be just as effective at eradicating BSE. MAFF has now shelved the cull, and the Cabinet will back MAFF unless the EU agrees to lift the British beef export ban.

Summarises results from the Oxford University/MAFF report on BSE. Concludes that slaughtering 83,000 fewer cattle than MAFF recommends would be just as effective at eradicating BSE. MAFF has now shelved the cull, and the Cabinet will back MAFF unless the EU agrees to lift the British beef export ban.