# Bettering biosecurity: Lessons from avian influenza

> A National Pork Board column by a veterinarian reflects on lessons from the 2014 US HPAI outbreak and urges swine producers to strengthen biosecurity against African swine fever and classical swine fever. It is an opinion piece on preparedness rather than a report of new outbreaks.

- Date: 2024-01-23 · published 2024-01-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16122-bettering-biosecurity-lessons-from-avian-influenza
- 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

The piece describes preparedness for possible foreign animal disease in US pigs but reports no new outbreak or supply change. It has no direct price implication for feed.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2022-06-21 | [Pork industry learns lessons from avian influenza outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16267-pork-industry-learns-lessons-from-avian-influenza-outbreak.md) | -0.5% | +2.7% |
| HOGS | 2025-10-16 | [ASF preventation and avian influenza through biosecurity](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15958-asf-preventation-and-avian-influenza-through-biosecurity.md) | -2.7% | -5.5% |
| HOGS | 2020-08-06 | [Avian influenza outbreak highlights need for better approaches for managing biosecurity - CSU News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51496-avian-influenza-outbreak-highlights-need-for-better-approaches-for-managing.md) | +2.7% | +9.2% |
| HOGS | 2016-12-20 | [Avian influenza: biosecurity measures key to protecting poultry farms \| EFSA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73354-avian-influenza-biosecurity-measures-key-to-protecting-poultry-farms-efsa.md) | -0.8% | +4.6% |
| HOGS | 2024-05-16 | [Influenza: Avian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16095-influenza-avian.md) | -0.7% | -3.0% |
| SBM | 2020-08-06 | [Avian influenza outbreak highlights need for better approaches for managing biosecurity - CSU News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51496-avian-influenza-outbreak-highlights-need-for-better-approaches-for-managing.md) | -0.0% | +7.1% |
| SBM | 2016-12-20 | [Avian influenza: biosecurity measures key to protecting poultry farms \| EFSA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73354-avian-influenza-biosecurity-measures-key-to-protecting-poultry-farms-efsa.md) | +1.8% | +11.5% |
| SBM | 2024-05-16 | [Influenza: Avian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16095-influenza-avian.md) | +1.5% | -3.6% |

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/livestock-management/bettering-biosecurity-lessons-from-avian-influenza

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