# Weekly poultry digest: bird flu outbreaks in West Africa and labor crunch in the United States
						 | The Poultry Site

> Benin reported highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu in two districts near Porto Novo, following an outbreak in Ivory Coast near Abidjan. Bird flu cases have also been reported this summer in Ghana, Togo, Niger, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mauritania and Senegal. An Oregon ballot initiative proposed for 2022 would also restrict livestock slaughter and breeding practices.

- Date: 2021-08-27 · published 2021-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region West Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45694-weekly-poultry-digest-bird-flu-outbreaks-in-west-africa-and-labor-crunch-in-the
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Spreading West African avian flu raises regional poultry import demand and supports chicken prices, though the affected countries are small feed importers.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/weekly-poultry-digest-bird-flu-outbreaks-in-west-africa-and-labor-crunch-in-the-united-states

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