# Kazakhstan: Avian flu kills nearly 1 million poultry | Eurasianet

> Avian flu has killed around 900,000 chickens, geese and ducks in Kazakhstan this autumn, spreading from Russia's Chelyabinsk region. The die-off has caused poultry and egg shortages in the capital, though no shortages have been reported elsewhere.

- Date: 2020-10-21 · published 2020-10-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Kazakhstan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50636-kazakhstan-avian-flu-kills-nearly-1-million-poultry-eurasianet
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Losing nearly a million birds in a regional market cuts local poultry supply and raises import demand for meat and eggs, a modest bullish signal for feed use in Central Asia.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- eurasianet.org: https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-avian-flu-kills-nearly-1-million-poultry

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