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Another Herd Quarantined Due to Mad Cow Link-USDA Wed 14 January, 2004 20:03 Reuters By Randy Fabi WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another dairy herd in Washington state was quarantined after at least one animal was linked to a Holstein cow infected with mad cow disease, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday. USDA said at least one herdmate of the infected cow was sent to a dairy facility in Quincy, Washington. "USDA believes that as many as seven animals may have been sent to this facility," it said in a statement. "We are working to confirm how many may remain at this facility." The USDA has been investigating the nation's first case of mad cow disease, discovered on Dec. 23 in a Holstein dairy cow in Washington. Officials believe that some of the Quincy herd were imported from Canada with the infected cow. DNA tests have confirmed that the diseased animal was born in Alberta, Canada, more than six years ago. Washington health officials have quarantined thousands of cattle in three other herds in Mabton, Mattawa and Sunnyside, also linked to the infected cow. Some 450 bull calves at the Sunnyside farm were killed last week. The USDA said it has started killing some 130 cattle from the herd in Mabton. USDA officials said there was no evidence that any of these animals were infected with mad cow disease, but were taking these measures out of an "abundance of caution." reuters.co.uk