# Russia, Egypt report new cases of avian flu in poultry | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Russia and Egypt reported new HPAI outbreaks in poultry, mainly H5N8, affecting small numbers of birds in both countries. A low-pathogenic virus was also detected in a Libyan flock.

- Date: 2017-05-30 · published 2017-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Russia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70876-russia-egypt-report-new-cases-of-avian-flu-in-poultry-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The outbreaks are small in scale and have little effect on global poultry supply, so feed demand impact is minimal.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/poultry-meat/diseases-health/avian-influenza/article/15521676/russia-egypt-report-new-cases-of-avian-flu-in-poultry-wattagnet

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