Brussels, 18/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved a financial package to fight animal diseases in the EU. The EU budget for 2005 will tackle transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) and a range of other animal diseases that impact on animal and human health. A total of EUR 188 million will be available, and overall funding has been increased by EUR 41 million on 2004. The funding is broken down as follows:
BSE monitoring and eradication programmes. EUR 15.9...