France plans to test tens of thousands of cattle entering its abattoirs for
BSE. However, the survey will not include cattle found sick or dead on farms,
which have been a more sensitive indicator of BSE in Swiss surveys. Scientists
suspect the disease is more widespread in France than the number of reported
cases suggests.
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