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EAST WARREN, VT - MARCH 22: Francis Faillace, 16, holds an infant beltex lamb which is to be seized by the USDA, along with 125 other sheep, from his family's farm, 22 March, 2001, in East Warren, Vt. The Faillace family expects to have their sheep seized within the next 48 hours, after the USDA seized 255 sheep from Houghton Freeman's farm, in Greensboro, Vt, which are suspected of containing a strain of mad cow disease. (Photo credit should read STEVEN E. FRISCHLING/AFP via Getty Images)

EAST WARREN, VT - MARCH 22:  Francis Faillace, 16, holds an infant beltex lamb which is to be seized by the USDA, along with 125 other sheep, from his family's farm, 22 March, 2001, in East Warren, Vt. The Faillace family expects to have their sheep seized within the next 48 hours, after the USDA seized 255 sheep from Houghton Freeman's farm, in Greensboro, Vt, which are suspected of containing a strain of mad cow disease.  (Photo credit should read STEVEN E. FRISCHLING/AFP via Getty Images)