# Shortage in quality country chicken across AP, prices shoot up post avian flu

> Andhra Pradesh in India is short of quality country chicken after a January H5N1 outbreak killed over 540,000 birds. Premium breeding stock was largely wiped out, and prices for country chicken have risen sharply.

- Date: 2025-07-01 · published 2025-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24367-shortage-in-quality-country-chicken-across-ap-prices-shoot-up-post-avian-flu
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

This is a regional supply shock in India affecting local poultry meat prices, with limited effect on global feed or grain markets.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- timesofindia.indiatimes.com: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/shortage-in-quality-country-chicken-across-ap-prices-shoot-up-post-avian-flu/articleshow/121867254.cms

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