# Combating African swine fever | Center for Animal Health and Food Safety - University of Minnesota

> The University of Minnesota's CAHFS describes its ASFWatch toolkit for educating producers about African swine fever. It notes China's first documented outbreak in August 2018 and 14 outbreaks by September with more than 38,000 pigs culled.

- Date: 2019-01-31 · published 2019-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60975-combating-african-swine-fever-center-for-animal-health-and-food-safety
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Heightened ASF awareness among US producers reflects the risk of spread that could eventually curb global pork output and shift feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-09-10 | [U.S. Pork Response African Swine Fever Prevention – Swine Health Information Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62909-u-s-pork-response-african-swine-fever-prevention-swine-health-information-center.md) | +4.4% | +27.6% |
| HOGS | 2021-08-03 | [Biosecurity and Pig Health in Focus to Combat African Swine Fever \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45453-biosecurity-and-pig-health-in-focus-to-combat-african-swine-fever-farm-policy.md) | -0.5% | -12.1% |
| HOGS | 2020-07-21 | [African Swine Fever kept out of U.S. but pork remains threatened around the world \| Food Safety News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51998-african-swine-fever-kept-out-of-u-s-but-pork-remains-threatened-around-the.md) | +4.8% | +6.3% |
| HOGS | 2021-01-29 | [New China African Swine Fever Strains Point to Unlicensed Vaccines \| News & Media Relations \| Colorado State University](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49031-new-china-african-swine-fever-strains-point-to-unlicensed-vaccines-news-and.md) | +1.8% | +22.1% |
| HOGS | 2021-08-23 | [FAO, IUCN SSC and OIE warn of African swine fever impact on wildlife conservation \| IUCN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45449-fao-iucn-ssc-and-oie-warn-of-african-swine-fever-impact-on-wildlife.md) | +0.1% | -7.3% |

## Sources

- cahfs.umn.edu: https://cahfs.umn.edu/news/combating-african-swine-fever

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