11.   Testing to determine whether the Vermont sheep have scrapie or BSE would take two to three years to complete, USDA says.

12.   The Faillaces have maintained throughout a two-year legal battle with the USDA that there is little solid scientific evidence that the sheep have TSE.

13.   The earlier tests could not confirm whether the sheep have BSE, so further testing was arranged at the laboratory in Ames.

14.   Sheep have their own version of BSE, which is called scrapie.