# Avian flu outbreaks reported on three continents | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks were reported in poultry in Bulgaria, Egypt, Iran, Taiwan, and Vietnam, plus commercial ostriches in a new region of South Africa. Egypt's H5N2 outbreak on a duck farm was declared resolved, and Taiwan reported further H5N2 outbreaks.

- Date: 2019-03-18 · published 2019-03-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59962-avian-flu-outbreaks-reported-on-three-continents-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Scattered outbreaks across several countries add to global poultry disease pressure, but the affected flocks are small relative to world production, so the price effect on feed demand is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/egg/article/15527912/avian-flu-outbreaks-reported-on-three-continents-wattagnet

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