# Animal health officials monitoring diseases circulating overseas

> Iowa Farm Bureau reports that animal health officials are monitoring African swine fever, bird flu and other threats. It cites recent foot-and-mouth disease detections in Europe and concerns about Japanese encephalitis in Australia.

- Date: 2025-05-05 · published 2025-05-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16001-animal-health-officials-monitoring-diseases-circulating-overseas
- 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

Monitoring of exotic disease risks can lead to trade restrictions on meat and livestock if outbreaks occur. No outbreak in the US is reported, so there is no immediate price effect.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2021-04-12 | [One Health \| Surveillance of emerging animal diseases \| Cirad](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47472-one-health-surveillance-of-emerging-animal-diseases-cirad.md) | +0.6% | +7.3% |
| HOGS | 2018-04-30 | [The continued threat of foreign animal diseases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65383-the-continued-threat-of-foreign-animal-diseases.md) | +1.8% | +11.0% |
| HOGS | 2018-07-27 | [Preparing for animal disease outbreaks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63904-preparing-for-animal-disease-outbreaks.md) | -7.7% | -23.6% |
| HOGS | 2020-06-19 | [Maintaining efforts to fight animal diseases in times of COVID-19 - WOAH](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52481-maintaining-efforts-to-fight-animal-diseases-in-times-of-covid-19-woah.md) | -5.9% | +0.7% |
| 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% |
| SBM | 2021-04-12 | [One Health \| Surveillance of emerging animal diseases \| Cirad](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47472-one-health-surveillance-of-emerging-animal-diseases-cirad.md) | -0.1% | +8.2% |
| SBM | 2023-06-01 | [Worrying outbreak of animal diseases in Western Cape](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16174-worrying-outbreak-of-animal-diseases-in-western-cape.md) | +2.6% | +1.5% |
| SBM | 2018-04-30 | [The continued threat of foreign animal diseases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65383-the-continued-threat-of-foreign-animal-diseases.md) | +0.3% | -3.3% |

## Sources

- iowafarmbureau.com: https://www.iowafarmbureau.com/Article/Animal-health-officials-monitoring-diseases-circulating-overseas

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