# Brazil boosts bird flu defense to protect world's top chicken industry

> Brazil is strengthening its H5N1 bird flu defenses, as nearly $10 billion in chicken exports would be at risk if the virus reaches commercial flocks. Brazil has become a major supplier of poultry and eggs as importers ban poultry from countries with the virus. Bird flu has already pushed up poultry and egg prices.

- Date: 2023-05-17 · published 2023-05-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36083-brazil-boosts-bird-flu-defense-to-protect-world-s-top-chicken-industry
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

An outbreak in Brazil would disrupt a leading chicken export supply and could tighten global poultry markets, supporting chicken prices. Lost demand for feed in Brazil would be a bearish offset for corn and soymeal.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-06-01 | [Thai poultry industry poised for growth on Brazil bird flu, lower feed costs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24369-thai-poultry-industry-poised-for-growth-on-brazil-bird-flu-lower-feed-costs.md) | +0.5% | -2.2% |
| 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 | 2023-04-04 | [The world’s deadliest bird flu outbreak tightened egg supplies. Here’s how it’s hammering the industry. \| Supply Chain Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36418-the-world-s-deadliest-bird-flu-outbreak-tightened-egg-supplies-here-s-how-it-s.md) | -0.9% | -3.2% |
| 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 | 2017-03-10 | [Chicken Prices Rreach Record High Levels Due to Bird Flu Outbreak
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72132-chicken-prices-rreach-record-high-levels-due-to-bird-flu-outbreak-the-poultry.md) | +1.9% | +0.8% |
| SBM | 2025-06-01 | [Thai poultry industry poised for growth on Brazil bird flu, lower feed costs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24369-thai-poultry-industry-poised-for-growth-on-brazil-bird-flu-lower-feed-costs.md) | -0.1% | -8.0% |
| SBM | 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) | -1.5% | -0.5% |
| SBM | 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) | +2.1% | -8.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-boosts-bird-flu-defense-protect-worlds-top-chicken-industry-2023-05-17/

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