# Avian flu returns to poultry farms in Japan, Cambodia | WATTPoultry.com

> Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu returned to Japanese commercial egg-laying farms, with outbreaks in Saga prefecture on Kyushu and Ibaraki prefecture near Tokyo. Cambodia also reported poultry outbreaks alongside two human cases.

- Date: 2023-11-29 · published 2023-11-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16143-avian-flu-returns-to-poultry-farms-in-japan-cambodia-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling of laying hens tightens Japanese egg supply and can lift egg prices, with modest knock-on effects on feed demand for corn and soymeal.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-01-31 | [Avian flu returns to commercial poultry in Nigeria, Russia \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60976-avian-flu-returns-to-commercial-poultry-in-nigeria-russia-wattagnet-wattpoultry.md) | -0.5% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2021-11-15 | [Japan, South Korea report avian flu in poultry flocks \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44062-japan-south-korea-report-avian-flu-in-poultry-flocks-wattpoultry-com.md) | -2.1% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2018-05-14 | [Chinese poultry farm hit by avian flu \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64898-chinese-poultry-farm-hit-by-avian-flu-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | +1.7% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2018-05-07 | [Further outbreaks of avian flu hit poultry in Asia, Africa \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64897-further-outbreaks-of-avian-flu-hit-poultry-in-asia-africa-wattagnet-wattpoultry.md) | +0.2% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2019-07-08 | [Weather blamed for Taiwan’s spike in avian flu cases \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57972-weather-blamed-for-taiwan-s-spike-in-avian-flu-cases-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | +2.0% | -3.2% |
| SBM | 2018-05-07 | [Further outbreaks of avian flu hit poultry in Asia, Africa \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64897-further-outbreaks-of-avian-flu-hit-poultry-in-asia-africa-wattagnet-wattpoultry.md) | -3.0% | -6.5% |
| SBM | 2018-03-18 | [Avian flu: four continents, six viruses \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65873-avian-flu-four-continents-six-viruses-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | +1.3% | +1.3% |
| SBM | 2017-08-22 | [Avian flu poultry ban partially lifted \| Philstar.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69478-avian-flu-poultry-ban-partially-lifted-philstar-com.md) | -0.1% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/poultry-meat/diseases-health/avian-influenza/article/15659167/avian-flu-returns-to-poultry-farms-in-japan-cambodia

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