# South Africa reports farm outbreak of African swine fever - OIE

> South Africa reported an African swine fever outbreak on a farm in North West province, which killed 32 of 36 pigs, with the remaining animals slaughtered. The outbreak occurred outside the country's ASF control zone and may be linked to contact with wild animals.

- Date: 2019-04-10 · published 2019-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59456-south-africa-reports-farm-outbreak-of-african-swine-fever-oie
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Disease spread outside controlled zones raises export restrictions and pork supply concerns for South Africa, modestly supporting feed demand for pork and little direct impact on global grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2021-04-17 | [Nagaland reports outbreak of ASF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47475-nagaland-reports-outbreak-of-asf.md) | +4.3% | +7.8% |
| 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% |
| HOGS | 2018-08-29 | [Sneak Peek: African Swine Fever outbreaks spark concerns \| 2018-08-29  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63430-sneak-peek-african-swine-fever-outbreaks-spark-concerns-2018-08-29-meat-poultry.md) | -0.5% | +21.6% |
| 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

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-swinefever/south-africa-reports-farm-outbreak-of-african-swine-fever-oie-idUSKCN1RM111/?feedName=healthNews&feedType=RSS

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