No negative feedback from countries taking Irish beef

The cow in the recently confirmed isolated case of classical BSE on a Co Louth farm had gone down in early March, but recovered.

Around the end of April, the farmer noted that the animal had lost body condition, with milk yield reduced, and the animal displayed neurological signs such as nervousness and hyper-excitability.

When she fell once again on June 6, she did not recover, and the farmer decided to have the animal euthanised.