The United States has reported its first suspected case of Mad Cow Disease or BSE in Washington state.
In a separate development, earlier the Department of Agriculture and Food published final results for the number of cattle deaths from Mad Cow Disease or BSE in 2003.
There was one death in the last week in Co Cavan, bringing the total number of confirmed cases for the year so far to 183.
That is a 43% reduction on last year, when there were 333 confirmed cases.
