# South Africa's Quantum Foods says about 2 million chickens killed by bird flu | Reuters

> South African poultry producer Quantum Foods said nearly 2 million chickens worth 106 million rand have been killed by a highly pathogenic bird flu outbreak. It lost about 1.5 million laying and breeding birds in the current wave, on top of 420,000 layers lost in April.

- Date: 2023-09-22 · published 2023-09-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34096-south-africa-s-quantum-foods-says-about-2-million-chickens-killed-by-bird-flu
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy layer and breeder losses tighten South African egg and chicken supply, supporting local poultry prices and raising import demand for feed ingredients to rebuild flocks.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-02-14 | [U.S. detects highly lethal bird flu in Tyson Foods chickens](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42841-u-s-detects-highly-lethal-bird-flu-in-tyson-foods-chickens.md) | +0.3% | +14.1% |
| CORN | 2024-07-24 | [Bird flu: Over 100 million chickens are dead. Is the virus here to stay? \| Vox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29267-bird-flu-over-100-million-chickens-are-dead-is-the-virus-here-to-stay-vox.md) | -1.8% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2017-04-13 | [Bird flu redirects trade flow of U.S. chicken, eggs, grains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71500-bird-flu-redirects-trade-flow-of-u-s-chicken-eggs-grains.md) | -2.1% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2019-07-15 | [New avian flu cases in Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57970-new-avian-flu-cases-in-mexico-south-africa-taiwan.md) | -2.6% | -7.4% |
| CORN | 2024-02-16 | [With bird flu vaccine 18 months away, U.S. chicken demand moderates - Selina Wamucii \| Food & Agriculture News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31828-with-bird-flu-vaccine-18-months-away-u-s-chicken-demand-moderates-selina.md) | +0.5% | +4.8% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/safricas-quantum-foods-says-about-2-mln-chickens-killed-by-bird-flu-2023-09-22/

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