# Texas Agriculture • April 1, 2022 • Enhanced biosecurity recommended with avian flu concerns

> The Texas Animal Health Commission urged poultry owners to tighten biosecurity as HPAI cases rise across the U.S. HPAI has been confirmed in wild birds, commercial poultry and backyard flocks in 22 states, but not yet in Texas.

- Date: 2022-03-25 · published 2022-03-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16293-texas-agriculture-april-1-2022-enhanced-biosecurity-recommended-with-avian-flu
- 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

The advisory signals rising disease risk in a major poultry state, but it does not yet show any change in supply.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2022-03-14 | [NCDA&CS extends strong recommendation to poultry owners to continue strict biosecurity measures due to threat of HPAI \| NC Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16296-ncda-and-cs-extends-strong-recommendation-to-poultry-owners-to-continue-strict.md) | -1.5% | -2.0% |
| HOGS | 2025-04-25 | [Avian Flu Updates: Agriculture, Food Safety and Trade \| College of Agriculture and Life Sciences](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16006-avian-flu-updates-agriculture-food-safety-and-trade-college-of-agriculture-and.md) | +1.0% | +6.4% |
| HOGS | 2024-01-23 | [Bettering biosecurity: Lessons from avian influenza](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16122-bettering-biosecurity-lessons-from-avian-influenza.md) | +4.4% | +14.7% |
| HOGS | 2025-02-26 | [Avian Flu: How Scientists and Farmers are Working to Adapt \| College of Agriculture and Life Sciences](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16027-avian-flu-how-scientists-and-farmers-are-working-to-adapt-college-of.md) | -2.3% | -0.2% |
| HOGS | 2016-12-20 | [Avian influenza: biosecurity measures key to protecting poultry farms \| EFSA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73354-avian-influenza-biosecurity-measures-key-to-protecting-poultry-farms-efsa.md) | -0.8% | +4.6% |
| SBM | 2022-03-14 | [NCDA&CS extends strong recommendation to poultry owners to continue strict biosecurity measures due to threat of HPAI \| NC Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16296-ncda-and-cs-extends-strong-recommendation-to-poultry-owners-to-continue-strict.md) | -1.7% | -4.7% |
| SBM | 2025-04-25 | [Avian Flu Updates: Agriculture, Food Safety and Trade \| College of Agriculture and Life Sciences](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16006-avian-flu-updates-agriculture-food-safety-and-trade-college-of-agriculture-and.md) | -1.2% | +1.4% |
| SBM | 2024-01-23 | [Bettering biosecurity: Lessons from avian influenza](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16122-bettering-biosecurity-lessons-from-avian-influenza.md) | -0.4% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- texasagriculture.texasfarmbureau.org: https://texasagriculture.texasfarmbureau.org/articles/enhanced-biosecurity-recommended-with-avian-flu-concerns

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