Brussels, 13/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), which advises the European Commission on the question of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), has just concluded that the disease is likely to be present in Lithuania's herd. On the other hand, the SSC considers as very unlikely the presence of cattle infected by BSE in herds in Botswana, Namibia, Nicaragua and Swaziland.
Since 1990, Lithuania has imported 1,900 head of cattle and 80,000 tonnes of meat and...