Department says BSE under control despite fresh cases

THE Government last night insisted it had BSE under control, despite latest figures which show that six new cases of the disease were identified in the past week.

One of the infected animals was born in early 1999, two years after strict feeding controls were introduced. It is the fifth youngest animal confirmed with BSE here.

The six new cases have been confirmed this week in counties Kerry, Carlow, Limerick, Mayo, Cork and Waterford. And the young infected animal was a Friesian cow, located in a Kerry dairy herd.