1.   But for the last century, it has been British government policy to slaughter herds wherever the disease is found in order to reassure domestic and increasingly foreign consumers.

2.   Coffee plantations stood idle, shops and factories closed and the tourist industry disintegrated as roads crumbled and game herds were slaughtered for meat.

3.   The European Union wants Britain to develop a plan for slaughtering entire herds in which large numbers of animals have contracted mad cow disease.

4.   Authorities will slaughter a herd of cattle after additional tests confirmed the first case of mad cow disease in the country, an official said Thursday.

5.   France systematically slaughters the herd of a contaminated cow as a precaution.

6.   In Britain, the number of cases fell dramatically after herds were slaughtered and tests were made mandatory.

7.   In September, when the first case became known in Slovakia, authorities slaughtered a herd of cattle at the farm where the contaminated cow was found.

8.   In September, when the first case appeared, authorities slaughtered a herd of cattle at the farm where the contaminated cow was found.

9.   The herd was slaughtered and incinerated on Saturday, officials in the Ain region said.

10.   The herd was slaughtered over the weekend.