# Curious Case of Deadly Pig Virus on Remote Vietnamese Farms - Bloomberg

> Vietnam has culled more than 200 pigs after African swine fever was found on household farms in Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces. The affected areas are far from China, which is battling the disease across its pork industry. Officials are investigating how the virus reached the remote farms.

- Date: 2019-02-20 · published 2019-02-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Vietnam · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60497-curious-case-of-deadly-pig-virus-on-remote-vietnamese-farms-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

The spread into new regions raises the risk of wider pork supply losses and lower feed demand in Asia. The impact on feed prices is modest so far.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2020-09-10 | [China’s 20,000 New Pig Farms Won’t Cool Pork Prices Just Yet - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51112-china-s-20-000-new-pig-farms-won-t-cool-pork-prices-just-yet-bloomberg.md) | +6.0% | +22.9% |
| HOGS | 2019-05-01 | [Chinese Hog Farms ‘Panic’ as Swine Virus Shrinks Herds](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59586-chinese-hog-farms-panic-as-swine-virus-shrinks-herds.md) | -1.1% | +0.2% |
| HOGS | 2019-03-22 | [China urges subsidies to help disease-hit pig farms restock](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60091-china-urges-subsidies-to-help-disease-hit-pig-farms-restock.md) | +6.9% | +20.0% |
| HOGS | 2019-02-27 | [Cases Keep Coming: African Swine Fever in Vietnam, China – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60496-cases-keep-coming-african-swine-fever-in-vietnam-china-american-association-of.md) | +2.6% | +33.8% |
| HOGS | 2019-05-13 | [Bangkok Post - Vietnam culls 1.2m pigs as African swine fever spreads](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58964-bangkok-post-vietnam-culls-1-2m-pigs-as-african-swine-fever-spreads.md) | +6.3% | -4.0% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-20/curious-case-of-deadly-pig-virus-found-in-remote-vietnam-farms

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