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.