CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly called mad cow disease, in an older beef cow at a slaughter plant in South Carolina. USDA said the animal never entered slaughter channels and the agency did not expect any trade impacts as […]
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U.S. reports case of atypical mad cow disease
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly called mad cow disease, in an older beef cow at a slaughter plant in South Carolina.
USDA said the animal never entered slaughter channels and the agency did not expect any trade impacts as a result.
(Reporting by Caroline Stauffer)