# Communicable Episode 09: An update on avian flu

> A podcast episode features avian flu expert Ron Fouchier discussing the current HPAI H5N1 outbreaks in US poultry and dairy cows. The discussion covers transmission risk to humans and the potential healthcare burden. It also explains the difference between low and highly pathogenic avian influenza.

- Date: 2024-12-03 · published 2024-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16041-communicable-episode-09-an-update-on-avian-flu
- 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 expert commentary on disease risk with no new supply or demand event. It has no direct effect on feed or commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2024-07-09 | [Avian flu updates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16080-avian-flu-updates.md) | -0.9% | +3.2% |
| HOGS | 2025-04-25 | [Avian Flu Updates: Agriculture, Food Safety and Trade \| College of Agriculture and Life Sciences](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16006-avian-flu-updates-agriculture-food-safety-and-trade-college-of-agriculture-and.md) | +1.0% | +6.4% |
| HOGS | 2024-06-20 | [Avian Flu Updates \| Weill School of Veterinary Medicine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16084-avian-flu-updates-weill-school-of-veterinary-medicine.md) | -2.7% | -1.8% |
| 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 | 2025-03-05 | [Avian flu: the outbreaks in the United States](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16017-avian-flu-the-outbreaks-in-the-united-states.md) | +2.5% | +2.4% |
| SBM | 2024-07-09 | [Avian flu updates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16080-avian-flu-updates.md) | -10.3% | -4.4% |
| SBM | 2025-03-20 | [USDA Update on Progress of Five-Pronged Strategy to Combat Avian Flu and Lower Egg Prices \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25603-usda-update-on-progress-of-five-pronged-strategy-to-combat-avian-flu-and-lower.md) | -1.0% | +0.7% |
| SBM | 2025-04-25 | [Avian Flu Updates: Agriculture, Food Safety and Trade \| College of Agriculture and Life Sciences](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16006-avian-flu-updates-agriculture-food-safety-and-trade-college-of-agriculture-and.md) | -1.2% | +1.4% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmicom.2024.105052

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