# How is bird flu affecting animal populations?

> Mongabay reporting describes H5N1 spreading across six continents and killing many bird and mammal species. Hundreds of bird species and dozens of mammal species have been affected since the 2020 European outbreak.

- Date: 2024-08-06 · published 2024-08-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16072-how-is-bird-flu-affecting-animal-populations
- 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

Wildlife losses are mainly an ecological concern and have little direct effect on feed commodity supply or prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2025-02-06 | [A second version of bird flu is infecting cows. What does that mean?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16026-a-second-version-of-bird-flu-is-infecting-cows-what-does-that-mean.md) | +3.1% | +1.5% |
| HOGS | 2026-10-01 | [Information for vets about HPAI (bird flu) \| MPI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15881-information-for-vets-about-hpai-bird-flu-mpi.md) | -1.2% | -13.2% |
| HOGS | 2022-06-13 | [Animals farmed: pigs cloned by robots, horsemeat trial and bird flu culls \| Farming \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16272-animals-farmed-pigs-cloned-by-robots-horsemeat-trial-and-bird-flu-culls-farming.md) | +2.4% | +4.5% |
| HOGS | 2023-03-01 | [How to stop the bird flu outbreak becoming a pandemic \| Nature](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16205-how-to-stop-the-bird-flu-outbreak-becoming-a-pandemic-nature.md) | +0.1% | -6.0% |
| HOGS | 2024-10-01 | [GRAPHIC: Tracking the nation's bird flu outbreaks in dairy herds and poultry flocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16055-graphic-tracking-the-nation-s-bird-flu-outbreaks-in-dairy-herds-and-poultry.md) | +1.3% | -0.8% |
| SBM | 2024-08-19 | [Just as inflation cools, bird flu is driving up the price of eggs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28792-just-as-inflation-cools-bird-flu-is-driving-up-the-price-of-eggs.md) | +0.8% | +3.9% |
| SBM | 2025-02-06 | [A second version of bird flu is infecting cows. What does that mean?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16026-a-second-version-of-bird-flu-is-infecting-cows-what-does-that-mean.md) | -3.9% | -4.4% |
| SBM | 2022-05-23 | [How a US Bird Flu Outbreak Is Making Eggs More Expensive - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41404-how-a-us-bird-flu-outbreak-is-making-eggs-more-expensive-bloomberg.md) | +1.0% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- gavi.org: https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/how-bird-flu-affecting-animal-populations

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