# Urgent efforts to fill knowledge gaps needed to stem impending avian influenza crisis | One Health Poultry Hub

> High-pathogenic avian influenza is spreading across Southeast Asia, South and Central Asia, the Middle East, Europe and West Africa, with a first North American case recorded. Experts warn that attention on COVID-19 is diverting resources from the poultry outbreaks.

- Date: 2022-01-04 · published 2022-01-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16307-urgent-efforts-to-fill-knowledge-gaps-needed-to-stem-impending-avian-influenza
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Poultry losses from HPAI reduce chicken supply and raise prices, while lower flock numbers cut feed demand. The spread across several continents makes the price pressure broad.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- onehealthpoultry.org: https://www.onehealthpoultry.org/blog-posts/urgent-efforts-to-fill-knowledge-gaps-needed-to-stem-impending-avian-influenza-crisis/

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