# Animal Health - October Updates - FACE

> FACE's October 2025 animal health update reports 90 avian influenza outbreaks across Europe, with 40 in wild birds and 5 in farms, captive and backyard flocks, spanning 20 affected countries. It also lists 2025 African swine fever wild boar cases through 22 October, led by Poland with 2,892 and Germany with 1,863.

- Date: 2025-10-22 · published 2025-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15957-animal-health-october-updates-face
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Active avian influenza and ASF in Europe's major poultry and pork producers can tighten meat supply and support prices for chicken and pork, while raising feed demand substitution questions for buyers.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2025-11-26 | [Animal Health - November Updates - FACE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15951-animal-health-november-updates-face.md) | +0.9% | +5.4% |
| HOGS | 2020-06-15 | [African swine fever and the World Animal Health Information System - WOAH Bulletin](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52482-african-swine-fever-and-the-world-animal-health-information-system-woah-bulletin.md) | +0.6% | -4.5% |
| HOGS | 2020-02-17 | [Swine fever: ‘Double punch’ for countries facing COVID-19 threat \| Health \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54487-swine-fever-double-punch-for-countries-facing-covid-19-threat-health-al-jazeera.md) | +11.5% | +3.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-12-02 | [China hog inventory down 41% from last October](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55588-china-hog-inventory-down-41-from-last-october.md) | -0.4% | +8.4% |
| HOGS | 2019-12-01 | [Swine fever pushes up sheep and beef price \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55553-swine-fever-pushes-up-sheep-and-beef-price-farm-weekly-wa.md) | -0.4% | +8.4% |

## Sources

- face.eu: https://www.face.eu/2025/10/animal-health-oct-updates/

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