# Atypical BSE detected in Alabama | Western Livestock Journal

> USDA announced that an atypical BSE case was detected in an 11-year-old cow at an Alabama livestock market. The animal never entered slaughter channels and posed no risk to the food supply, and APHIS and Alabama officials are gathering more information.

- Date: 2017-07-19 · published 2017-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70076-atypical-bse-detected-in-alabama-western-livestock-journal
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The case is expected to be a non-event for cattle markets since atypical BSE is not linked to contaminated feed and the animal was not slaughtered, so price pressure should be minimal.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

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## Sources

- wlj.net: https://www.wlj.net/atypical-bse-detected-in-alabama/

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