# Atypical BSE found in Alabama cow | Meatpoultry.com | July 18, 2017 22:06 | MEAT+POULTRY

> USDA announced an atypical (L-type) BSE case in an 11-year-old cow found through surveillance at an Alabama livestock market. The animal was never slaughtered and did not enter the food chain.

- Date: 2017-07-18 · published 2017-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70074-atypical-bse-found-in-alabama-cow-meatpoultry-com-july-18-2017-22-06-meat
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Atypical BSE arises spontaneously rather than from contaminated feed and does not change the US negligible-risk status, so the impact on cattle and meat prices should be limited.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2017-07-19 | [Atypical BSE detected in Alabama \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70076-atypical-bse-detected-in-alabama-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.9% | -4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-07-19 | [July \| 2017 \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter \| Page 2](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69919-july-2017-ohio-beef-cattle-letter-page-2.md) | -0.9% | -4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-03-14 | [Mad cow disease has also appeared in Switzerland - Free Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36993-mad-cow-disease-has-also-appeared-in-switzerland-free-press.md) | -0.8% | +5.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-04-04 | [COPEG 25th Anniversary - U.S. Embassy in Panama](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59551-copeg-25th-anniversary-u-s-embassy-in-panama.md) | -0.4% | -4.8% |
| 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% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-07-19 | [Atypical BSE detected in Alabama \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70076-atypical-bse-detected-in-alabama-western-livestock-journal.md) | -3.3% | -4.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-11-20 | [Cattle industry focus on animal health begins at the ranch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50117-cattle-industry-focus-on-animal-health-begins-at-the-ranch.md) | +2.2% | +2.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-07-31 | [Cattle futures rebound as Mexican import fears ease - CME
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18476-cattle-futures-rebound-as-mexican-import-fears-ease-cme-the-beef-site.md) | +0.5% | -3.7% |

## Sources

- meatpoultry.com: https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/16741-atypical-bse-found-in-alabama-cow

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