1.   This evidence was available to the chief veterinary officer last December but never given to the Select Committee.

2.   Dr. Ken Petersen, a veterinary medical officer at the Agriculture Department, cited two studies that he said showed the effectiveness of chlorinated water.

3.   Wherever the disease has been found in Britain, government veterinary officers have set up five-mile exclusion zones for people and vehicles.

4.   Chief veterinary officer Jim Scudamore said cases had been confirmed in Wales, in Hereford in western England and in the northern English county of Lancashire.

5.   Dr. Leslie Sims, a senior veterinary officer for the government, said the halt was suggested by mainland authorities after several days of discussions.

6.   During the inspection of a suspected zone by the AFD senior veterinary officer, no animals, or their carcasses, can be removed without permission.

7.   It appeared initially that nobody at the clinics or the factories were aware of the diversion, said Regula Vogel, the state veterinary officer.

8.   Regula Vogel, the cantonal veterinary officer said Friday no more than several hundred placentas in all had been used in this way.

9.   Ronnie Martin, chief veterinary officer for Northern Ireland, said the virus which caused this outbreak was a strain identified in Finland and Denmark last year.

10.   The Denbigh case is of particular concern, said Tony Edwards, chief veterinary officer for Wales, because it is the first in that area for several years.