# Six countries report more avian flu outbreaks | CIDRAP

> Several countries reported new avian flu outbreaks over the holiday period, including H5N6 in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, H5N1 in Bangladesh and Cambodia, and H5N8 in Russia. South Korea's latest outbreak destroyed 29,000 birds at a broiler duck farm.

- Date: 2017-12-27 · published 2017-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Asia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67367-six-countries-report-more-avian-flu-outbreaks-cidrap
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Poultry losses in Asia reduce local chicken output and can shift demand toward feed grains and meal, though the effect on global prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- cidrap.umn.edu: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/six-countries-report-more-avian-flu-outbreaks

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