# Avian influenza vaccination: why it should not be a barrier to safe trade - WOAH - World Organisation for Animal Health

> WOAH published a policy paper arguing that avian influenza vaccination should not be a barrier to safe trade. The paper notes over 500 million birds have been lost to the disease since 2005 and that mass culling alone may no longer control spread.

- Date: 2023-12-28 · published 2023-12-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16134-avian-influenza-vaccination-why-it-should-not-be-a-barrier-to-safe-trade-woah
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

If more countries adopt poultry vaccination and trade rules ease, poultry production could recover, which would weigh on chicken prices and feed demand over time.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- woah.org: https://www.woah.org/en/avian-influenza-vaccination-why-it-should-not-be-a-barrier-to-safe-trade/

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