11.   But many EU nations remain deeply skeptical that Britain is doing enough to wipe out the cattle disease and restore consumer trust in beef.

12.   But scientists say they have no proof that the farmer contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, the human form of the cattle disease, from farm animals.

13.   EU nations, whose herds are largely free of the cattle disease, banned British beef exports a week later.

14.   Experts meet to protect public from cattle disease.

15.   EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler has criticized Britain in recent days for inefficient implementation of its plans for fighting the cattle disease.

16.   Fischler has criticized Britain in recent days for inefficient implementation of its plans for fighting the cattle disease.

17.   If the cattle disease is in fact linked to the human ailment, the study added, then more cases are likely to appear in humans.

18.   In Britain, the cattle disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, has been linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fatal human brain ailment.

19.   Medical researchers linked the cattle disease to a new strain of the fatal human brain ailment, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.