# Russian meat producers hit with avian flu

> Highly pathogenic avian influenza hit Russian producers Cherkizovo and Damate in several regions. Cherkizovo culled about 290,000 chickens at an isolated hatching-egg farm, and Damate culled about 470,000 turkeys, roughly 10% of its turkey population.

- Date: 2018-07-02 · published 2018-07-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Russia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64045-russian-meat-producers-hit-with-avian-flu
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The losses are modest relative to Russia's broiler and turkey output, so the effect on global poultry supply and feed demand is limited for now.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- foodnavigator.com: https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2018/07/02/Russian-meat-producers-hit-with-avian-flu/

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