# Preparing for animal disease outbreaks

> The Minnesota Board of Animal Health is promoting the Secure Pork Supply plan, a voluntary program that helps swine producers build foreign animal disease response plans. The article highlights movement restrictions as a key challenge if an outbreak occurs.

- Date: 2018-07-27 · published 2018-07-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63904-preparing-for-animal-disease-outbreaks
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

This is a general preparedness story with no new supply event, so it has little direct effect on prices. It only signals that producers are preparing to limit losses and keep market access if a disease outbreak occurs.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2021-12-08 | [Animal health experts: US ag needs to be prepared for disease outbreaks - Farm and Dairy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16314-animal-health-experts-us-ag-needs-to-be-prepared-for-disease-outbreaks-farm-and.md) | +1.0% | +9.2% |
| HOGS | 2021-02-10 | [Is the Livestock Industry Prepared for a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak? - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48494-is-the-livestock-industry-prepared-for-a-foreign-animal-disease-outbreak-pork.md) | +12.0% | +19.6% |
| HOGS | 2018-04-30 | [The continued threat of foreign animal diseases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65383-the-continued-threat-of-foreign-animal-diseases.md) | +1.8% | +11.0% |
| HOGS | 2022-04-24 | [AASV: State veterinarians share lessons from disease outbreaks for pig industry
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16288-aasv-state-veterinarians-share-lessons-from-disease-outbreaks-for-pig-industry.md) | -5.4% | -1.6% |
| HOGS | 2021-07-21 | [Foreign Animal Disease – Page 29 – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45947-foreign-animal-disease-page-29-american-association-of-swine-veterinarians.md) | +1.5% | -8.8% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/animal-health/preparing-for-animal-disease-outbreaks

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