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MEAT+POULTRY reports that APHIS confirmed highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, the first confirmed case since 2017. The strain mutated from low-pathogenic virus detected in March on farms in neighboring North Carolina.
Control zones and depopulation were put in place.
A confirmed HPAI outbreak in commercial turkeys triggers depopulation and possible trade restrictions, reducing poultry supply and marginally supporting demand for feed proteins.
meatpoultry.comErica ShafferApr 13, 2020Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
