Disease outbreaks
7 cases in 8 countries, 2018–2023. Most cases: South Africa (1), United States (1), Philippines (1), Nigeria (1), Vietnam (1).
Bird flu in South Africa: about 7.5 million birds culled by October 2023
Business Day reported in September 2023 that bird flu, including a new H7N6 strain, was killing or leading to the culling of about a third of South Africa's egg-laying chickens and a quarter of its broiler-breeding chickens, in what it called the country's worst outbreak. In October 2023 the South African Poultry Association put the number of birds culled in the H5N1 and H7N6 outbreaks at about 7.5 million. The cited sources do not describe effects on wild birds or other wildlife.
US bird flu indemnity and egg prices
Since February 2022 more than 200 million US commercial birds have been lost to avian influenza, and the federal government has paid more than a billion dollars in indemnity. Four companies received about a quarter of the bird and egg payments, and one of them, Cal-Maine, reported record profits and a Department of Justice inquiry into egg prices.
Philippines raised African swine fever pig indemnification in 2021, ABS-CBN reported
ABS-CBN reported in 2021 that the Philippines increased indemnification for hog raisers hit by African swine fever. The cited sources do not verify the per-head amounts, payment totals or herd losses.
Nigeria's largest pig farm received no compensation after 2020 swine fever outbreak
ICIR reported that an African swine fever outbreak at the Oke-Aro farm in 2020 killed hundreds of thousands of pigs. The reporting says no compensation had arrived more than a year later.
Vietnam set per-kilogram compensation for pigs culled in African swine fever outbreak
Decision 793/QĐ-TTg of 2019 set per-kilogram payments for culled pigs for households and small businesses, according to a Vietnamese financial newspaper. Subsidiaries of large companies were excluded.
Korea and China swine-fever swill-feed bans
China banned feeding food leftovers to pigs in 2018 and South Korea in 2019 because of African swine fever. Korea partly lifted its ban in 2025, and swine-fever cases were reported to have risen about fourfold in 2026.
Netherlands Q fever outbreak and goat sector growth
A Q fever outbreak linked to goats in the Netherlands was followed by culls and by growth in the goat population to more than 600,000 by 2019. Reporting on compensation for patients and families describes a maximum payment of EUR 15,000.