1.   Now better sheep are being imported, and farmers are upgrading their flocks.

2.   An Irish livestock dealer was jailed for three months Friday after being convicted of illegally importing sheep into Ireland from Britain during the foot-and-mouth epidemic.

3.   Faillace, who holds a doctorate in animal physiology, and his wife imported the sheep in hopes of establishing breeding stock for the sheep dairy industry.

4.   French officials said Tuesday that the disease was found in cattle on a farm that had earlier imported sheep from Britain.

5.   It imports sheep mainly from Australia, using its fleet of four ships, and owns what it says is the largest meat processing plant in the Middle East.

6.   The Agriculture Ministry said the cows belonged to a farm that is near one that imported British sheep in February.

7.   The French Agriculture Ministry said the infected cows belonged to a farm that is near one that imported British sheep in February.

8.   The French Agriculture Ministry said they belonged to a farm that is near one that imported British sheep in February.

9.   The infected cows belonged to a farm that is near one that imported British sheep in February, said the Agriculture Ministry, which on Tuesday confirmed the case.

10.   The ministry said they belonged to a farm that is near one that imported British sheep in February.