# Is intensive livestock production responsible for emerging infectious diseases

> An opinion piece links intensive livestock production to emerging infectious diseases, citing a new influenza strain found on Chinese pig farms and African swine fever's spread through China, Vietnam, Europe and India. It argues that Asia's rapid livestock expansion and land-use change raise zoonotic risk.

- Date: 2020-07-17 · published 2020-07-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Asia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52001-is-intensive-livestock-production-responsible-for-emerging-infectious-diseases
- 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

Concerns about intensive livestock systems and disease risk could eventually prompt stricter farm rules or biosecurity spending, but there is no immediate supply or price effect.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| SBM | 2018-01-02 | [Prepare for disease outbreaks in livestock operations with written plan \| MU Extension](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66876-prepare-for-disease-outbreaks-in-livestock-operations-with-written-plan-mu.md) | +1.6% | +8.9% |
| SBM | 2023-04-01 | [Livestock disease insurance – what to look for in policies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16199-livestock-disease-insurance-what-to-look-for-in-policies.md) | -2.6% | -5.8% |
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## Sources

- downtoearth.org.in: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/is-intensive-livestock-production-responsible-for-emerging-infectious-diseases-72357

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