1.   State veterinary officials say brucellosis is passed from bison to cows when the cows come in contact with blood after the bison has given birth.

2.   State veterinary officials say the loss to ranchers could run into the millions of dollars.

3.   Until this year, any bison outside the park were shot by state veterinary officials.

4.   Veterinary officials are also checking a suspicious illness among farm animals in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

5.   Veterinary officials said they were working to identify exactly what type of foot-and-mouth disease had struck.

6.   A fifth suspected case of mad cow disease surfaced in Slovakia when a cow tested positive for the brain-wasting illness, a veterinary official said Friday.

7.   At the same time, the agency quoted unnamed veterinary officials as saying that U.S. poultry would be subject to stricter controls because of continuing concerns about its quality.

8.   But other ministers said only the veterinary officials were qualified to make a decision.

9.   Denmark had been waiting for a ruling by the EU veterinary officials.

10.   European Union veterinary officials leaned toward easing the ban on British beef exports Wednesday but put off a final decision until next week.