1.   A separate U.K. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the government plans to endorse a selective slaughter after a Cabinet meeting tomorrow morning.

2.   A U.K. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the government plans to endorse a selective slaughter after a Cabinet meeting tomorrow morning.

3.   It now seems likely that Britain will have to engage in selective slaughter.

4.   There was no talk of selective slaughter as Hogg told the House of Commons that bans imposed by other European countries were unjustified.

5.   Any more delays in the selective slaughter, promised last summer, would only keep the ban in place, he added.

6.   Britain stood more chance of success with an appeal for EU money to finance selective slaughter of cattle and compensation for farmers.

7.   But Britain announced in September that it would not start a selective slaughter program.

8.   But the other EU nations demanded that London also order selective slaughter of cattle in beef herds most affected by mad cow disease.

9.   But the EU renewed its call for Britain to start a selective slaughter program of cattle to accelerate the eradication of mad cow disease.

10.   The plan includes a selective slaughter of high-risk cattle, strict monitoring of herds and illegalizing the storage of bone meal on farms.