In theory, one cow could thus supply as many hamburgers as a million slaughtered animals can today.

理论上，以这种方式一头牛能提供的汉堡量比得上当今屠宰一百万头牛的产量。

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, had been found in a cow slaughtered in Washington state.

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"A sacred cow is going to get slaughtered, it's just a question of which one, " says one senior Whitehall source about the coming welfare cuts.

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