1. Belgium was set to begin destroying sheep and goats imported from Britain Thursday, but would not say how many. 2. Destroying the sheep would eliminate them as a possible source of BSE, USDA says. 3. He said the farm bureau would be holding a separate news conference later this week to show support for the sheep being destroyed. 4. The sheep were destroyed. 5. USDA says destroying the sheep would eliminate them as a possible source of BSE. 6. Japanese authorities recently destroyed a sheep infected with scrapie, the virus linked to the so-called mad cow disease, a spokesman for the Hokkaido prefectural government said Monday. |