# Avian Flu Diary: Belgium: ASFCA Update On LPAI H3N1

> Belgium has seen a low pathogenicity H3N1 avian flu spread across roughly 70 poultry farms in West Flanders, with reported mortality of up to 60%. Because H3N1 is not on the OIE reportable list, government compensation and containment responses were slow, and an agreement on compensating farmers was only recently reached.

- Date: 2019-06-16 · published 2019-06-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58572-avian-flu-diary-belgium-asfca-update-on-lpai-h3n1
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Outbreaks in European poultry can reduce local chicken production and shift regional demand for feed, but a contained low-path outbreak in one country is unlikely to move global feed or meal prices much.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- afludiary.blogspot.com: https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2019/06/belgium-asfca-update-on-lpai-h3n1.html

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