# Continuity of business or close of business? It’s your choice

> A University of Minnesota veterinarian argues pork producers should learn from the 2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in poultry, the largest and most costly U.S. animal disease response. The article focuses on continuity of business plans that keep uninfected farms moving animals during foreign animal disease responses such as foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever.

- Date: 2019-02-12 · published 2019-02-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60588-continuity-of-business-or-close-of-business-it-s-your-choice
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Disease-control movement restrictions can disrupt just-in-time pork supply chains, which matters for hog and feed demand if a disease outbreak occurs. The piece is advisory and does not report a new outbreak, so its direct price impact is limited.

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/hog-health/continuity-of-business-or-close-of-business-it-s-your-choice

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