# South Africa: Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Gauteng, North West, and Western Cape Provinces | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

> South Africa has reported several H5 avian influenza outbreaks in Gauteng, North West and Western Cape provinces since April 2021, including a layer farm and a parent breeder farm. Botswana and Mozambique restricted poultry imports from South Africa in response.

- Date: 2021-05-20 · published 2021-05-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46964-south-africa-avian-influenza-outbreaks-in-gauteng-north-west-and-western-cape
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Import bans on South African poultry shift regional chicken demand toward other suppliers and reduce local poultry output, which lowers demand for feed grains and meal in the short term.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-11-01 | [Biosecurity Education and Compliance are Critical in Preventing Avian Influenza Outbreaks \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73878-biosecurity-education-and-compliance-are-critical-in-preventing-avian-influenza.md) | +1.9% | -4.3% |
| CORN | 2022-11-03 | [U.S. Approaches Record Number of Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Wild Birds and Poultry \| Bird Flu \| CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16231-u-s-approaches-record-number-of-avian-influenza-outbreaks-in-wild-birds-and.md) | -0.6% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2023-09-26 | [Over 50 avian influenza cases confirmed in South Africa \| SAnews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16154-over-50-avian-influenza-cases-confirmed-in-south-africa-sanews.md) | +1.7% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2018-05-07 | [Further outbreaks of avian flu hit poultry in Asia, Africa \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64897-further-outbreaks-of-avian-flu-hit-poultry-in-asia-africa-wattagnet-wattpoultry.md) | +0.2% | +0.3% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- fas.usda.gov: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/south-africa-avian-influenza-outbreak-gauteng-north-west-and-western-cape-provinces-south

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