# Russian avian flu losses exceed 1.1 million birds | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Russia's highly pathogenic avian influenza losses have passed 1.1 million birds across backyard and commercial flocks since mid-June, with 41 outbreaks in the past month. A commercial flock of more than 616,000 birds in Rostov was affected, and the virus has now reached eight oblasts.

- Date: 2018-07-16 · published 2018-07-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Russia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63906-russian-avian-flu-losses-exceed-1-1-million-birds-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The loss of more than 1.1 million birds, including a large commercial farm, is a meaningful reduction in Russian poultry supply. This tightens the import balance for poultry and may support feed demand from poultry producers.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/poultry-meat/diseases-health/avian-influenza/article/15525830/russian-avian-flu-losses-exceed-11-million-birds-wattagnet

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