date:Jul 20, 2017
different from classic BSE and it usually occurs in cattle older than 8 years. It arises spontaneously and rarely in all cattle populations.
The press release from the Alabama Department of Agriculture Industries states that following delivery to the livestock market, the cow later died. Routine tissue samples were taken and sent to diagnostic labs in Colorado and Iowa for testing and confirmation. The USDA lab in Ames, Iowa confirmed the diagnosis.
This is the countrys fifth detection of BSE