# Avian flu losses rise in Japan, South Korea, and Europe | WATTPoultry.com

> HPAI spread to Japan's Chiba prefecture, where about 1.16 million laying hens are being culled, the largest cull in Japan's history. Japan has now recorded outbreaks in 13 prefectures, and South Korea has culled more than 10 million birds.

- Date: 2020-12-30 · published 2020-12-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Japan · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49534-avian-flu-losses-rise-in-japan-south-korea-and-europe-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Losses of this scale in Japan and South Korea remove significant egg and poultry supply in Asia, supporting egg and chicken prices and import demand.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/egg/article/15532598/avian-flu-losses-rise-in-japan-south-korea-and-europe

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