# detail

> Joint FAO and USAID emergency missions were deployed in Côte d'Ivoire in August 2021 to monitor highly pathogenic avian influenza in migratory bird areas and live poultry markets. The country culled more than 300,000 poultry after an H5N1 outbreak was confirmed on August 10.

- Date: 2021-09-09 · published 2021-09-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Côte d'Ivoire · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44948-detail
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling of hundreds of thousands of birds reduces local poultry feed demand in Côte d'Ivoire, though the national market is small relative to global grain and meal trade. Repeated outbreaks could keep regional feed demand subdued.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- fao.org: https://www.fao.org/emergencies/resources-repository/news/detail/fao-and-usaid-work-with-the-government-of-c%C3%B4te-d'ivoire-to-contain-avian-influenza/en

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