# Mad cow disease has also appeared in Switzerland - Free Press

> Switzerland's Food Safety and Veterinary Office reported an atypical BSE case in a 12-year-old cow in Graubünden, following recent cases in Spain and the Netherlands. The office said atypical BSE can arise spontaneously and is not linked to feed, and the carcass was destroyed.

- Date: 2023-03-14 · published 2023-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36993-mad-cow-disease-has-also-appeared-in-switzerland-free-press
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Atypical cases arise spontaneously and do not signal feed contamination, so the impact on cattle and meat-and-bone meal markets is likely limited, though it adds to beef trade caution.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2018-08-30 | [Mad cow disease diagnosed in Florida beef cow - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63653-mad-cow-disease-diagnosed-in-florida-beef-cow-abc11-raleigh-durham.md) | -0.9% | +2.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-10-08 | [NCBA Expresses Concern About Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50589-ncba-expresses-concern-about-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak-in-africa.md) | -0.3% | -2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-07-31 | [Indonesia says cattle that arrived from Australia have lumpy skin disease. So what is it and why does it matter? - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35000-indonesia-says-cattle-that-arrived-from-australia-have-lumpy-skin-disease-so.md) | +0.4% | +0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-02-10 | [Is the Livestock Industry Prepared for a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak? - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48494-is-the-livestock-industry-prepared-for-a-foreign-animal-disease-outbreak-pork.md) | -0.5% | +0.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-02-04 | [PH bans live cattle imports from Thailand, 3 others over lumpy skin disease fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31627-ph-bans-live-cattle-imports-from-thailand-3-others-over-lumpy-skin-disease-fears.md) | +1.8% | +4.3% |

## Sources

- slobodenpecat.mk: https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/kravjoto-ludilo-se-pojavi-i-vo-shvajcarija/

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