Brussels, 06/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) of the European Union should, Tuesday evening, decree a fifteen-day ban, at Community level, on the gathering of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs in animal fairs and markets. These provisional measures of protection would allow for the epizooty (sill confined to Great Britain and which should reach its peak in the course of this week) to be prevented from spreading to other herds in Europe. The chief veterinaries of...