# Bird flu: The Rs 90,000 cr poultry industry is in a fix - Rediff.com Business

> India's poultry sector is under pressure after an 11-year-old boy died from bird flu, prompting NCDC surveillance and contact tracing. The Rs 90,000 crore industry faces potential curbs on egg and chicken sales. Officials say human-to-human transmission is extremely rare.

- Date: 2021-07-22 · published 2021-07-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46082-bird-flu-the-rs-90-000-cr-poultry-industry-is-in-a-fix-rediff-com-business
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Any curb on Indian poultry production would reduce feed demand for corn and soymeal, which is bearish for those feed inputs. The scale of the effect depends on whether the outbreak spreads beyond isolated cases.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-02-27 | [COVID-19 scare hits poultry business - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54755-covid-19-scare-hits-poultry-business-the-hindu.md) | +2.6% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2020-03-20 | [How coronavirus, bird flu and rumours to stay off non-veg hit poultry industry hard in India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54159-how-coronavirus-bird-flu-and-rumours-to-stay-off-non-veg-hit-poultry-industry.md) | -0.6% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2021-06-11 | [Weekly poultry digest: Europe issues a report on bird flu
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46582-weekly-poultry-digest-europe-issues-a-report-on-bird-flu-the-poultry-site.md) | -6.1% | -4.6% |
| CORN | 2021-01-14 | [Still reeling from COVID-19, Asia’s poultry farmers are battling bird flu outbreaks
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49157-still-reeling-from-covid-19-asia-s-poultry-farmers-are-battling-bird-flu.md) | +0.7% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2017-03-24 | [Experts weigh in on the impact of Avian Influenza on the poultry industry \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72001-experts-weigh-in-on-the-impact-of-avian-influenza-on-the-poultry-industry.md) | +0.4% | -0.1% |
| SBM | 2020-03-20 | [How coronavirus, bird flu and rumours to stay off non-veg hit poultry industry hard in India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54159-how-coronavirus-bird-flu-and-rumours-to-stay-off-non-veg-hit-poultry-industry.md) | +2.6% | -8.4% |
| SBM | 2021-06-11 | [Weekly poultry digest: Europe issues a report on bird flu
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46582-weekly-poultry-digest-europe-issues-a-report-on-bird-flu-the-poultry-site.md) | -4.8% | -5.6% |
| SBM | 2021-01-14 | [Still reeling from COVID-19, Asia’s poultry farmers are battling bird flu outbreaks
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49157-still-reeling-from-covid-19-asia-s-poultry-farmers-are-battling-bird-flu.md) | -3.0% | -5.9% |

## Sources

- rediff.com: https://www.rediff.com/business/report/bird-flu-the-rs-90k-cr-poultry-industry-is-in-a-fix/20210722.htm

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