# SHIC’s Global Swine Disease Monitoring Report Addresses FMD – American Association of Swine Veterinarians

> The Swine Health Information Center's April monitoring report flagged foot-and-mouth disease activity in China and Korea as the highest concern. A herd of 1,200 sheep was affected in Henan, a swine-dense province, and a Korean farm outbreak was the first since February 2017.

- Date: 2018-04-04 · published 2018-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65385-shic-s-global-swine-disease-monitoring-report-addresses-fmd-american
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

FMD activity in major Asian pork producers could disrupt Chinese pork output and import demand, and it reinforces the risk of trade restrictions on pork exports from the US.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

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## Sources

- aasv.org: https://www.aasv.org/2018/04/shics-global-swine-disease-monitoring-report-addresses-fmd/

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