# Avian influenza overview March – June 2022

> EFSA reports the 2021-2022 HPAI epidemic was the largest yet seen in Europe, with 2,398 poultry outbreaks and 46 million birds culled across 36 countries. Between 16 March and 10 June 2022, 750 poultry outbreaks were recorded, mostly in France and Hungary. H5 virus persistence in wild birds suggests it may now be endemic.

- Date: 2022-08-01 · published 2022-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16251-avian-influenza-overview-march-june-2022
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy culling and possible year-round risk tighten European poultry supply, supporting higher egg and chicken prices and firmer demand for feed substitutes such as soybean meal and corn.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2023-09-26 | [Over 50 avian influenza cases confirmed in South Africa \| SAnews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16154-over-50-avian-influenza-cases-confirmed-in-south-africa-sanews.md) | -5.7% | +7.3% |
| SBM | 2022-06-30 | [Avian influenza: largest seasonal epidemic ever in Europe \| EFSA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16266-avian-influenza-largest-seasonal-epidemic-ever-in-europe-efsa.md) | -0.8% | +4.4% |
| SBM | 2024-08-19 | [Limitations of current avian influenza compensation - Food & Agribusiness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28796-limitations-of-current-avian-influenza-compensation-food-and-agribusiness.md) | +0.8% | +3.9% |
| SBM | 2022-12-03 | [Epidemiological Update- Outbreaks of avian influenza and public health implications - 3 December 2022 - PAHO/WHO \| Pan American Health Organization](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16223-epidemiological-update-outbreaks-of-avian-influenza-and-public-health.md) | +9.8% | +13.7% |
| SBM | 2022-11-03 | [U.S. Approaches Record Number of Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Wild Birds and Poultry \| Bird Flu \| CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16231-u-s-approaches-record-number-of-avian-influenza-outbreaks-in-wild-birds-and.md) | -1.9% | -1.9% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7415

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