# Bird flu infects commercial US poultry flock for first time since April | Reuters

> Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a commercial US poultry flock for the first time since April. Since 2022, about 58.8 million US birds have been lost to the disease.

- Date: 2023-10-06 · published 2023-10-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33637-bird-flu-infects-commercial-us-poultry-flock-for-first-time-since-april-reuters
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Renewed infection in commercial flocks raises the risk of further US layer and turkey losses, which can lift egg and poultry prices and feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/bird-flu-infects-commercial-us-poultry-flock-first-time-since-april-2023-10-06/

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