11.   Early diagnosis saved the life of a Stanhope tannery worker who contracted anthrax by handling the hides of diseased animals.

12.   It is believed to have spread through a mixture of meat and bone meal feed made from diseased animals.

13.   Such processes are in place only in Belgium, Holland and Germany, and are used only for dealing with diseased animals in those countries, the paper said.

14.   The Ketley farm had only that one diseased animal.