# With 100M birds dead, poultry industry could serve as example as dairy farmers confront bird flu | AP News

> Nearly 100 million chickens and turkeys have been culled since the current H5N1 outbreak began in February 2022. Hot spots still occur, but their frequency has dropped because of farm biosecurity and coordinated response.

- Date: 2024-06-11 · published 2024-06-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16085-with-100m-birds-dead-poultry-industry-could-serve-as-example-as-dairy-farmers
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Falling outbreak frequency suggests poultry losses are easing, which reduces the supply risk for chicken and feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- apnews.com: https://apnews.com/article/bird-flu-chickens-turkeys-cows-cattle-492fd92ae68d11d9defc15bc260e9301

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