# Bird Flu Sweeping Across Europe - The Food Institute

> Bird flu is spreading across Europe, with Poland reporting H5N1 outbreaks at six farms affecting about 650,000 birds, and cases also reported in Britain, France and the Netherlands. Separately, a new African swine fever genotype 1 variant was reported affecting China's pig herd in two provinces.

- Date: 2021-11-10 · published 2021-11-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16325-bird-flu-sweeping-across-europe-the-food-institute
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

The Polish losses hit the EU's largest poultry producer and can cut European chicken and turkey supply, while the new ASF strain in China adds uncertainty to Chinese pork demand for feed.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2024-11-01 | [Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16050-why-finding-bird-flu-in-a-u-s-pig-for-the-first-time-is-raising-new-worries.md) | -0.6% | -2.5% |
| HOGS | 2024-10-30 | [US detects H5N1 bird flu in a pig for the first time \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16053-us-detects-h5n1-bird-flu-in-a-pig-for-the-first-time-reuters.md) | +0.9% | -0.1% |
| HOGS | 2024-04-29 | [Avian influenza lessons for African swine fever
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16099-avian-influenza-lessons-for-african-swine-fever-the-poultry-site.md) | -0.9% | +0.7% |
| HOGS | 2021-10-01 | [The $100-billion toll of a pig epidemic in China \| Nature](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44450-the-100-billion-toll-of-a-pig-epidemic-in-china-nature.md) | -1.1% | -14.9% |
| HOGS | 2022-08-12 | [Vigilance and preparedness are priorities in keeping ASF out of the US \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16253-vigilance-and-preparedness-are-priorities-in-keeping-asf-out-of-the-us-meat.md) | -13.5% | -19.9% |

## Sources

- foodinstitute.com: https://foodinstitute.com/focus/bird-flu-sweeping-across-europe/

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