1.   And many Europeans think British cows, British feed and British carelessness are responsible for spreading BSE on the Continent.

2.   A major question is why British cows and beef may be particularly suseptible.

3.   The disease that struck the British cows, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, may have originated as scrapie, a mysterious condition limited to sheep.

4.   But British cows are thought to have gotten the illness, known as BSE, by eating tissue from slaughtered sheep that was used to enrich cattle feed.

5.   Millions of British cows also were killed.

6.   The European Union approved a plan to destroy millions of British cows in an effort to stamp out mad cow disease and restore public trust in beef.

7.   The European Union approved a plan Wednesday to destroy millions of British cows in an effort to stamp out mad cow disease and restore public trust in beef.

8.   The European Union approved a plan early Wednesday to destroy millions of British cows in an effort to stamp out mad cow disease and restore public trust in beef.

9.   The import ban was announced for all beef from Europe to take into account the possibility that some British cows might have been slaughtered in neighboring countries.

10.   The European Union approved a plan Tuesday to destroy millions of British cows in an effort to stamp out mad cow disease and restore public trust in beef.