# ‘Excessive’ controls reduce animal infections in Korea - The Korea Herald

> South Korea has used preemptive culling, disinfection and movement controls to contain African swine fever, avian influenza and foot-and-mouth disease. Only two ASF cases hit local farms in 2020, according to the Agriculture Ministry.

- Date: 2021-05-20 · published 2021-05-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46968-excessive-controls-reduce-animal-infections-in-korea-the-korea-herald
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Effective disease control limits losses in Korean hog and poultry output, which supports stable domestic meat supply and feed demand. The price effect is minor.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| HOGS | 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) | +12.0% | +19.6% |
| HOGS | 2021-06-11 | [Global Control of African swine fever. A GF-TADs initiative – 2020 annual report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46446-global-control-of-african-swine-fever-a-gf-tads-initiative-2020-annual-report.md) | -5.1% | -8.8% |

## Sources

- koreaherald.com: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/2616904

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