(1)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

(1)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

SARUFUTSU, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 21, 2001 shows a dairy farm in the village of Sarufutsu in northern Hokkaido, where a 67-month-old female Holstein cow confirmed infected with the mad cow disease was born and raised. A village farmer said, ''The government took no measures while the mad cow disease cases were reported abroad. I want to know who is responsible for such cases in Japan.''

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