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EAST WARREN, VT - MARCH 23: A line of sheep passes by a U.S. federal agent, as the USDA seizes 126 Beltex and East Friesian sheep suspected of having a strain of mad cow disease from the Faillace family farm, 23 March 2001, East Warren, Vermont. (Photo credit should read STEVEN E. FRISCHLING/AFP via Getty Images)

EAST WARREN, VT - MARCH 23:  A line of sheep passes by a U.S. federal agent, as the USDA seizes 126 Beltex and East Friesian sheep suspected of having a strain of mad cow disease from the Faillace family farm, 23 March 2001, East Warren, Vermont.  (Photo credit should read STEVEN E. FRISCHLING/AFP via Getty Images)