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Markus Leuenberger of the virology section of the Swiss Rabies Center in Berne saws up the head of a cow in the animals' hospital on Tuesday, April 2, 1996, to remove and examine its brain as BSE, the "mad cow disease" was suspected. There were no more information given by hospital's authorities whether this Swiss cow suffered from BSE. (KEYSTONE/Alessandro Della Valle)