# Different strains of bird flu emerging around the world

> A roundup reports bird flu strains including H5N6, H5N8 and H5N1 reported to the OIE across Asia, Russia and Bangladesh over Christmas. It also notes Italy's second H5N8 wave, with 48 poultry outbreaks between September and mid-November, and UK risk kept at medium.

- Date: 2017-12-29 · published 2017-12-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67370-different-strains-of-bird-flu-emerging-around-the-world
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Repeated outbreaks in European and Asian poultry sustain pressure on bird supply, which can modestly support feed demand, but the impact is incremental.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- poultryworld.net: https://www.poultryworld.net/health-nutrition/different-strains-of-bird-flu-emerging-around-the-world/

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