# Strengthening North America's Defense Against African Swine Fever

> Canada's Chief Veterinary Officer reported on the 4th North American African Swine Fever Forum, which brought together officials and industry from Canada, the US and Mexico. Discussions covered preparedness planning, biosecurity, wild pig control and vaccine research.

- Date: 2024-09-20 · published 2024-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region North America · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16059-strengthening-north-america-s-defense-against-african-swine-fever
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger ASF preparedness lowers the risk that an outbreak in North America would force sudden export restrictions on pork. That reduces tail risk for hog prices and pork-related feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-10-30 | [USDA building a wall against African swine fever](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62435-usda-building-a-wall-against-african-swine-fever.md) | -1.5% | -4.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-04-11 | [African Swine Fever outbreak at North West farm \| SAnews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59461-african-swine-fever-outbreak-at-north-west-farm-sanews.md) | +7.8% | +5.7% |
| HOGS | 2020-11-19 | [African Swine Fever: Everything you need to know](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50033-african-swine-fever-everything-you-need-to-know.md) | -0.5% | -2.4% |
| HOGS | 2019-04-10 | [South Africa reports farm outbreak of African swine fever - OIE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59456-south-africa-reports-farm-outbreak-of-african-swine-fever-oie.md) | +7.3% | +5.6% |
| HOGS | 2022-12-14 | [Strep Zoo Outbreak Demonstrates Value of African Swine Fever Rule-Out Testing – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16224-strep-zoo-outbreak-demonstrates-value-of-african-swine-fever-rule-out-testing.md) | +1.3% | -4.8% |

## Sources

- newswire.ca: https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/strengthening-north-america-s-defense-against-african-swine-fever-832382579.html

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