# What is avian influenza and what does it mean for you, farmers and backyard flocks? | College of Veterinary Medicine

> NC State veterinarians explain highly pathogenic avian influenza, which can kill more than 90% of the poultry it infects and is spread by migrating waterfowl. Two North Carolina commercial poultry farms have been infected so far this year, after a year of mainly small backyard cases. North Carolina poultry is the state's largest source of farm cash receipts.

- Date: 2024-03-15 · published 2024-03-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31214-what-is-avian-influenza-and-what-does-it-mean-for-you-farmers-and-backyard
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Renewed commercial infections in a major poultry state raise the risk of larger flock losses, which would cut feed demand and add to egg and chicken price pressure.

## Sources

- cvm.ncsu.edu: https://cvm.ncsu.edu/news/what-is-avian-influenza-and-what-does-it-mean-for-you-farmers-and-backyard-flocks/

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