41.   Feeder cattle futures slid lower on ideas higher corn prices will lower feedlot demand for young cattle because it will cost more to feed them.

42.   Hamata said his ministry suspected that outbreak was caused by young cattle herders who came into contact with rats carrying the virus while hunting them for food.

43.   Slaughtering young cattle will help by cutting the amount of beef per head or eliminating animals from the market altogether, officials said.

44.   French stock-raisers believe the worst is yet to come, fearing that the regular summer sale of young cattle for fattening will be a disaster.