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There are plans to tag farm animals at birth in a move that could help contain things such as mad cow disease.  The government officials and farm groups that are developing this plan haven't decided what markings to use on sheep, cattle and other livestock.  At this point, they're not even certain if the program would be mandatory.  We take a look at a variety of diseases including mad cow, chronic wasting disease, lyme disease, SARS, and monkeypx.

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