Workers prepares a slaughter cage in front of the cowshed in Dusejov near Jihlava on June 14, 2001. Dusejov's farm received a final confirmation that a cow from the herd was BSE positive and are now faces the slaughter of 139 animals of the herd. German laboratory results from the third test on a Czech cow suspected of having mad cow disease proved positive, confirming fears that BSE had spread to eastern Europe.

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