Scottish farmer tells of feeling devastated after BSE case found in herd

‘We have built up our closed herd over many years and have always taken great pride in doing all the correct things,’ said Thomas Jackson.A farmer in Scotland has spoken about the devastating effect of learning that a case of BSE had been found among his herd.Thomas Jackson’s farm in Lumsden, Aberdeenshire, has been put under quarantine after a five-year-old cow that died was found to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy.