# What consumers need to know about the avian flu outbreak | PBS News

> Highly pathogenic avian influenza has spread across 24 US states since first detection in Indiana on February 8, 2022, with about 23 million birds culled. An expert explains why wild waterfowl carry the virus without illness while poultry suffer high mortality.

- Date: 2022-04-07 · published 2022-04-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16287-what-consumers-need-to-know-about-the-avian-flu-outbreak-pbs-news
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling of millions of birds reduces poultry and egg supply, supporting higher chicken prices and lowering near-term demand for feed in poultry rations.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-04-06 | [What we know about the bird flu outbreak : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16285-what-we-know-about-the-bird-flu-outbreak-npr.md) | -1.9% | -6.1% |
| CORN | 2022-11-16 | [Why the ongoing bird flu outbreak is driving up poultry costs ahead of Thanksgiving \| PBS News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38683-why-the-ongoing-bird-flu-outbreak-is-driving-up-poultry-costs-ahead-of.md) | -2.4% | -6.3% |
| CORN | 2021-01-17 | [Asian Farmers Battle New Bird Flu Outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49036-asian-farmers-battle-new-bird-flu-outbreak.md) | -2.6% | +3.7% |
| CORN | 2022-12-02 | [The bird flu outbreak is the deadliest in U.S. history. Here's what we know : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16226-the-bird-flu-outbreak-is-the-deadliest-in-u-s-history-here-s-what-we-know-npr.md) | -1.9% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2021-02-11 | [Avian flu forces poultry producers to cull birds due to outbreaks around the world](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48499-avian-flu-forces-poultry-producers-to-cull-birds-due-to-outbreaks-around-the.md) | -0.6% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- pbs.org: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-consumers-need-to-know-about-the-avian-flu-outbreak

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