Brussels, 05/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The "Beef" management committee decided last Friday to ease the conditions from granting animal subsidies (subsidy for maintaining a herd of milking cows, special subsidy from male bovine and compensatory ovine subsidy) to take into account the consequences of the foot and mouth outbreak. Thus, all animals slaughtered during the retention period following a veterinary measures linked to foot and mouth or motivated by the welfare of the animals could...