# Animal disease outbreaks prompt urgent responses from authorities nationwide

> Authorities in South Korea are on heightened alert as foot-and-mouth disease, African swine fever and highly pathogenic avian influenza continue to spread across the country. The Agriculture Ministry reported 65 confirmed livestock disease cases since November 2025, including 46 avian influenza, 17 ASF and two FMD. Officials are using movement bans, emergency disinfection and culling.

- Date: 2026-02-20 · published 2026-02-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Korea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15930-animal-disease-outbreaks-prompt-urgent-responses-from-authorities-nationwide
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Outbreaks reduce domestic livestock and poultry output and weaken meat demand, which can pressure Korean hog and chicken prices. ASF has no vaccine, so the risk of further herd losses and trade restrictions persists.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2025-09-29 | [Poland Battles Multiple Farm Animal Disease Outbreaks in September 2025 \| MeatBorsa News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15966-poland-battles-multiple-farm-animal-disease-outbreaks-in-september-2025.md) | -2.4% | -15.1% |
| HOGS | 2017-06-07 | [Pork producers preparing for possible deadly disease outbreak learned lessons from bird flu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70380-pork-producers-preparing-for-possible-deadly-disease-outbreak-learned-lessons.md) | +2.1% | +14.0% |
| HOGS | 2025-02-10 | [Disease Outbreaks in Europe: 10th & 11th of February, 2025 \| MeatBorsa News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16024-disease-outbreaks-in-europe-10th-and-11th-of-february-2025-meatborsa-news.md) | +3.3% | +2.3% |
| HOGS | 2023-09-26 | [(LEAD) S. Korea to step up quarantine efforts against animal diseases \| Yonhap News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16152-lead-s-korea-to-step-up-quarantine-efforts-against-animal-diseases-yonhap-news.md) | -1.8% | -14.2% |
| HOGS | 2022-11-08 | [APHA unprepared for double disease threat from ASF and AI \| Farm News \| Farmers Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16230-apha-unprepared-for-double-disease-threat-from-asf-and-ai-farm-news-farmers.md) | -2.0% | -5.9% |

## Sources

- koreajoongangdaily.com: https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/korea/animal-disease-outbreaks-prompt-urgent-responses-from-authorities-nationwide/12269723

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