# Cattle skin disease, floods ravage meat market - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

> Outbreaks of lumpy skin disease in Pakistan have reduced cattle availability, while monsoon floods have killed animals and restricted livestock movement. Meat prices have risen across the country, with beef at Rs700 to Rs900 per kilogram in Karachi.

- Date: 2022-09-04 · published 2022-09-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39532-cattle-skin-disease-floods-ravage-meat-market-pakistan-dawn-com
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Disease and flood losses shrink Pakistan's livestock supply and raise local meat prices, though the effect on global feed and livestock markets is limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2020-04-01 | [Meat prices rise while cattle prices drop as supermarkets race to stock shelves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54259-meat-prices-rise-while-cattle-prices-drop-as-supermarkets-race-to-stock-shelves.md) | -10.1% | -17.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-06-08 | [Cattle imports from Thailand suspended over lumpy skin disease \| MalaysiaNow](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46530-cattle-imports-from-thailand-suspended-over-lumpy-skin-disease-malaysianow.md) | +1.4% | +4.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-07-21 | [China bans cattle imports from Laos to prevent skin disease
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46009-china-bans-cattle-imports-from-laos-to-prevent-skin-disease-the-beef-site.md) | +0.5% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-25 | [Kentucky Beef Cattle Market Update \| Farms.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7963-kentucky-beef-cattle-market-update-farms-com.md) | +2.1% | -11.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-02-25 | [Australian biosecurity working to protect cattle from lumpy skin disease - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42656-australian-biosecurity-working-to-protect-cattle-from-lumpy-skin-disease-beef.md) | -0.5% | -1.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-06-08 | [Cattle imports from Thailand suspended over lumpy skin disease \| MalaysiaNow](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46530-cattle-imports-from-thailand-suspended-over-lumpy-skin-disease-malaysianow.md) | +2.9% | +6.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-03-25 | [Kentucky Beef Cattle Market Update \| Farms.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7963-kentucky-beef-cattle-market-update-farms-com.md) | -6.4% | -9.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-10-01 | [FAO mounts comprehensive response to new cattle disease in Europe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68410-fao-mounts-comprehensive-response-to-new-cattle-disease-in-europe.md) | +1.1% | +2.8% |

## Sources

- dawn.com: https://www.dawn.com/news/1708520

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