# Diseases on farms in South Africa: recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system – Agribook Digital

> South Africa has experienced multiple concurrent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, African swine fever and avian influenza, exposing weaknesses in its biosecurity system. In 2022, six of nine provinces reported foot-and-mouth outbreaks, the widest spread in the country's history.

- Date: 2023-11-14 · published 2023-11-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16142-diseases-on-farms-in-south-africa-recent-outbreaks-point-to-weaknesses-in-the
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Animal disease and export restrictions reduce South African meat and poultry exports and domestic feed demand, a small regional effect on global feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2023-12-01 | [Diseases on farms in South Africa: recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system - BetsBulletin South Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16135-diseases-on-farms-in-south-africa-recent-outbreaks-point-to-weaknesses-in-the.md) | -3.2% | -1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-10-08 | [NCBA Expresses Concern About Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50589-ncba-expresses-concern-about-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak-in-africa.md) | -0.3% | -2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-12-08 | [Animal health experts: US ag needs to be prepared for disease outbreaks - Farm and Dairy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16314-animal-health-experts-us-ag-needs-to-be-prepared-for-disease-outbreaks-farm-and.md) | -0.8% | -0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-02-10 | [Is the Livestock Industry Prepared for a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak? - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48494-is-the-livestock-industry-prepared-for-a-foreign-animal-disease-outbreak-pork.md) | -0.5% | +0.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-01-10 | ['Foot-and-mouth disease won't affect Namibia' - The Namibian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61043-foot-and-mouth-disease-won-t-affect-namibia-the-namibian.md) | +1.7% | +1.2% |

## Sources

- agribook.co.za: https://www.agribook.co.za/diseases-on-farms-in-south-africa-recent-outbreaks-point-to-weaknesses-in-the-system/

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