# Belgium-Luxembourg: Belgian Avian Influenza H3N1 Outbreak Shows High-pathogenic Behavior | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

> Belgium received an EU state aid exception on June 11, 2019 to fund eradication and farmer compensation for an avian influenza H3N1 outbreak. The outbreak had already hit 60 poultry farms. H3N1 is classed as low-pathogenic, but the outbreak is behaving like a high-pathogenic strain.

- Date: 2019-06-24 · published 2019-06-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Belgium · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58458-belgium-luxembourg-belgian-avian-influenza-h3n1-outbreak-shows-high-pathogenic
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Poultry culls and movement restrictions in Belgium reduce local bird supply and can cut demand for feed grains and meal, though the effect on global prices is small.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- fas.usda.gov: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/belgium-luxembourg-belgian-avian-influenza-h3n1-outbreak-shows-high-pathogenic-behavior

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