# Winter weather brings avian flu back to Europe, Asia | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Highly pathogenic avian influenza returned to poultry in the Netherlands, Taiwan, South Korea, Italy and South Africa after the summer. South Africa confirmed six more H5N8 outbreaks in commercial ostriches, bringing its total to 106 since June, while Zimbabwe declared itself free of HPAI.

- Date: 2017-12-11 · published 2017-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67372-winter-weather-brings-avian-flu-back-to-europe-asia-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Scattered outbreaks across several regions add to poultry supply pressure and modestly support feed demand, without a major shift in global balances.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/poultry-meat/diseases-health/avian-influenza/article/15523673/winter-weather-brings-avian-flu-back-to-europe-asia-wattagnet

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