# Avian influenza overview December 2023–March 2024

> The EFSA overview covers highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks from 2 December 2023 to 15 March 2024. It reports 227 domestic and 414 wild bird outbreaks across 26 European countries, and notes that goat kids in the US were the first natural H5N1 infection in ruminants.

- Date: 2024-03-01 · published 2024-03-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16108-avian-influenza-overview-december-2023-march-2024
- 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

Lower European poultry outbreak counts than in prior years reduce near-term supply disruption risk for poultry and related feed demand. The report gives no direct price signal.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2023-03-01 | [Avian influenza overview December 2022 – March 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16203-avian-influenza-overview-december-2022-march-2023.md) | +0.1% | -6.0% |
| HOGS | 2023-12-01 | [Avian influenza overview September–December 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16131-avian-influenza-overview-september-december-2023.md) | -1.9% | -3.3% |
| HOGS | 2023-01-01 | [Avian influenza overview September – December 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16216-avian-influenza-overview-september-december-2022.md) | -6.0% | -10.9% |
| HOGS | 2025-07-01 | [Avian influenza overview March–June 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15984-avian-influenza-overview-march-june-2025.md) | -3.3% | -1.7% |
| HOGS | 2023-09-29 | [Avian influenza overview June–September 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16144-avian-influenza-overview-june-september-2023.md) | -3.1% | -14.0% |
| SBM | 2023-03-01 | [Avian influenza overview December 2022 – March 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16203-avian-influenza-overview-december-2022-march-2023.md) | +2.6% | -6.2% |
| SBM | 2023-12-01 | [Avian influenza overview September–December 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16131-avian-influenza-overview-september-december-2023.md) | -4.2% | -11.2% |
| SBM | 2023-01-01 | [Avian influenza overview September – December 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16216-avian-influenza-overview-september-december-2022.md) | +5.8% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8754

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