# China reports outbreak of highly contagious H5N1 bird flu at chicken farm | South China Morning Post

> China reported a highly pathogenic H5N1 outbreak at a broiler farm in Qinghai province, where 1,050 of 1,615 chickens died. The report came from the Chinese agriculture ministry through the World Organisation for Animal Health.

- Date: 2018-06-26 · published 2018-06-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64430-china-reports-outbreak-of-highly-contagious-h5n1-bird-flu-at-chicken-farm-south
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A single farm in a remote province is a small local loss with little effect on national supply. It adds to the background disease risk for China's poultry sector and its feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- scmp.com: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2152647/china-reports-outbreak-highly-pathogenic-h5n1-bird-flu-chicken-farm

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