On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:08:46 +0100, "paul"
wrote:

the main reason for not vacinating was that europe would not accept any live
stock from us. but on the other hand they won't take it for fears of other
things like BSE etc.

and the Dutch did vaccinate. The French and Swiss have BSE, but nobody
has banned the import of their beef.


so the farmers are caught between a rock and a hard place.


as usual.
--
Martin