Thu, Nov 30, 2000 By Douglas Busvine Reuters Online Service

Scientists took soil samples on Thursday from the farm hit by Germany's first
case of mad cow disease to try to discover whether cattle can contract the
brain-wasting disorder from grazing in fields. The tests came after
Environment Minister Juergen Trittin warned this week that the agents causing
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in dung *might survive and multiply in
the ground*.

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