# Avian flu returns to Liaoning (China), Mexico | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 returned to a poultry farm in Liaoning province, China, causing 1,000 bird deaths and destruction of 24,472 more. Mexico also reported an H7N3 outbreak in a backyard flock near Mexico City.

- Date: 2019-04-09 · published 2019-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59457-avian-flu-returns-to-liaoning-china-mexico-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Poultry disease outbreaks in China and Mexico reduce local bird numbers and can lift demand for feed-based protein substitutes, though the losses are small relative to global supply.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/poultry-meat/diseases-health/avian-influenza/article/15528119/avian-flu-returns-to-liaoning-china-mexico-wattagnet

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