# Not Too Late: Pork Checkoff Offers Influenza Defense Tips – American Association of Swine Veterinarians

> The American Association of Swine Veterinarians reposted a Pork Checkoff notice urging farm workers to get annual influenza vaccines and review sick-leave policies. It also recommends herd biosecurity and whole-herd swine vaccination against influenza A.

- Date: 2018-01-24 · published 2018-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66880-not-too-late-pork-checkoff-offers-influenza-defense-tips-american-association
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

This is advisory guidance on flu prevention with no change in supply or demand, so it has no direct price implication for hogs or feed.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2023-03-29 | [Avian Influenza: An Update for Veterinarians – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16204-avian-influenza-an-update-for-veterinarians-american-association-of-swine.md) | -4.4% | -2.2% |
| HOGS | 2018-01-10 | [Feral Swine in the United States Have Been Exposed to both Avian and Swine Influenza A Viruses – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66877-feral-swine-in-the-united-states-have-been-exposed-to-both-avian-and-swine.md) | +3.4% | +5.7% |
| HOGS | 2021-11-30 | [Foreign Animal Disease – Page 26 – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16322-foreign-animal-disease-page-26-american-association-of-swine-veterinarians.md) | +0.1% | +9.3% |
| 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% |
| HOGS | 2021-04-27 | [African Swine Fever Virus Mutations May Pose Detection Challenges – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47474-african-swine-fever-virus-mutations-may-pose-detection-challenges-american.md) | +0.9% | +3.6% |
| SBM | 2023-03-29 | [Avian Influenza: An Update for Veterinarians – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16204-avian-influenza-an-update-for-veterinarians-american-association-of-swine.md) | +0.2% | -5.1% |
| SBM | 2018-01-10 | [Feral Swine in the United States Have Been Exposed to both Avian and Swine Influenza A Viruses – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66877-feral-swine-in-the-united-states-have-been-exposed-to-both-avian-and-swine.md) | +3.1% | +6.6% |
| SBM | 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) | +0.8% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- aasv.org: https://www.aasv.org/2018/01/not-too-late-pork-checkoff-offers-influenza-defense-tips/

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