# Avian flu confirmed at leading Bulgarian egg farm | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed at a farm run by a top Bulgarian egg producer, with further outbreaks reported in Bangladesh, Russia and Taiwan. Taiwan's H5N2 outbreaks in Tainan brought its total to 73 since 2015, and India's situation was reported as resolved.

- Date: 2018-06-19 · published 2018-06-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64428-avian-flu-confirmed-at-leading-bulgarian-egg-farm-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The outbreaks are spread across several countries and are small in volume, so the net price effect is limited. Repeated outbreaks in major egg-producing areas could keep poultry feed demand under modest pressure.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/poultry-meat/diseases-health/avian-influenza/article/15525569/avian-flu-confirmed-at-leading-bulgarian-egg-farm-wattagnet

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