# WOAH Report Highlights Growing Disease Pressure and Veterinary System Gaps - Bovine Vet

> Bovine Vet covers WOAH's 2026 State of the World's Animal Health report, which warns that bird flu, African swine fever, foot-and-mouth disease and New World screwworm are spreading. The report says animal health gets under 0.6% of global health spending. It also highlights workforce shortages and biosecurity demands in North America.

- Date: 2026-05-13 · published 2026-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15910-woah-report-highlights-growing-disease-pressure-and-veterinary-system-gaps
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Growing transboundary disease risk can disrupt livestock and poultry output and trade flows. The impact on prices is indirect and not immediate.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-12-05 | [SHIC Global and Domestic Disease Monitoring Reports Posted – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61448-shic-global-and-domestic-disease-monitoring-reports-posted-american-association.md) | -2.8% | +3.0% |
| HOGS | 2018-04-04 | [SHIC’s Global Swine Disease Monitoring Report Addresses FMD – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65385-shic-s-global-swine-disease-monitoring-report-addresses-fmd-american.md) | -0.3% | +19.3% |
| HOGS | 2025-08-06 | [Global watchdogs: Preparing the U.S. for foreign animal disease threats \| College of Veterinary Medicine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15973-global-watchdogs-preparing-the-u-s-for-foreign-animal-disease-threats-college.md) | +0.6% | -8.8% |
| HOGS | 2018-11-07 | [SHIC Global Disease Monitoring Report Follows ASF, FMD and CSF Activity – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61923-shic-global-disease-monitoring-report-follows-asf-fmd-and-csf-activity-american.md) | +0.8% | -2.1% |
| HOGS | 2026-04-25 | [Weekly pig report: Disease pressure adds increased risk to hog supply outlook
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19865-weekly-pig-report-disease-pressure-adds-increased-risk-to-hog-supply-outlook.md) | -1.0% | +0.8% |
| SBM | 2018-12-05 | [SHIC Global and Domestic Disease Monitoring Reports Posted – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61448-shic-global-and-domestic-disease-monitoring-reports-posted-american-association.md) | -0.6% | +0.8% |
| SBM | 2025-08-06 | [Global watchdogs: Preparing the U.S. for foreign animal disease threats \| College of Veterinary Medicine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15973-global-watchdogs-preparing-the-u-s-for-foreign-animal-disease-threats-college.md) | +1.4% | +0.9% |
| SBM | 2018-11-07 | [SHIC Global Disease Monitoring Report Follows ASF, FMD and CSF Activity – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61923-shic-global-disease-monitoring-report-follows-asf-fmd-and-csf-activity-american.md) | -2.4% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- bovinevetonline.com: https://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/woah-report-highlights-growing-disease-pressure-and-veterinary-system-gaps

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