# Impossible situation - Food & Agribusiness

> An editorial in Poultry World discusses a low pathogenic H3N1 avian influenza outbreak in Belgium that spread to more than 80 farms over four months. Because the virus was classed as low pathogenic, stamping-out compensation was not triggered until later, and the virus caused high mortality and egg production losses.

- Date: 2019-08-21 · published 2019-08-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57571-impossible-situation-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Losses of layer flocks in Europe reduce egg output and poultry demand for feed, while slow compensation rules may encourage hidden spread that prolongs supply disruption.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/poultry/impossible-situation

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