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Sat 11 Nov 2002FG calls for inquiry into new BSE caseA call for an investigation into the discovery of another case of BSE in an animal born after Irish feed controls became fully effective has been made by Fine Gael's agriculture spokesman, Mr Billy Timmins.Yesterday the Department of Agriculture and Food announced that one of the eight new cases this week was five years old, which meant it was born in 1997, after pig and poultry feed was segregated from cattle feed.