Mad Cow Disease in France
France: Officials have begun to test all cattle(1) over 30 months old for mad cow disease. Agriculture Minister Jean Glavany says falling demand for beef (2) has created a crisis in French farm industry. He says this is why he began the testing program six months before a European Union time limit of July 1st. EU agriculture ministers last month ordered the testing after France and some other member countries found new cases of the disease. The European Union has also banned the use of meat and bone meal as animal feed(3). Experts believe this feed has been the main way for disease has spread.
聽音瓶頸詞匯
1. cattle [] n. 牛;牲口
2. beef [] n. 牛肉
3. feed [] n. 飼料
聽音高級短語
mad cow disease 瘋牛病
聽音超級句型
Falling demand for beef has created a crisis in French farm industry.
牛肉需求的持續(xù)下降使法國農(nóng)業(yè)陷入危機。
瘋牛病在法國
法國消息:法國官方已經(jīng)開始了對所有30個月大的牛進行瘋牛病檢查。農(nóng)業(yè)部長格拉瓦尼表示牛肉需求的持續(xù)下降使法國農(nóng)業(yè)陷入危機。他說這就是為什么他們在歐盟七月一日的期限之前的6個月開始實施這一測試方案的原因。在法國和其它聯(lián)盟國家發(fā)現(xiàn)此疾病的新病例后,農(nóng)業(yè)部長上個月下令要進行此項測試。歐盟同時也禁止了用牛肉和牛骨頭作為動物飼料。專家們相信這種飼料是瘋牛病傳播的主要途徑。