1.   But fears escalated in France three weeks ago after a farmer was arrested for trying to sell a diseased cow for slaughter.

2.   Mad-cow disease is contracted when the animals eat organs of other diseased cows.

3.   After offering assurances about home-grown beef, health officials found more diseased cows.

4.   Fearing a second case of mad cow disease, health officials have sent test samples from a diseased cow to Britain for further examination, the government said Friday.

5.   Several Indian papers had reported Tuesday that the Council had demanded that the diseased cows be transported to India, where in many states killing cows is illegal.

6.   The diseased cow was believed at first to suffer from rabies.

7.   The human form is believed to take many years after diseased cow parts are eaten to appear.