# Niger reports first H5N8 outbreak; high-path viruses hit other nations | CIDRAP

> Niger reported its first highly pathogenic H5N8 outbreak, which killed 5 of 40 backyard birds. Four European countries, including Italy with a turkey farm outbreak affecting 13,015 birds, also reported more H5N8 cases, and South Korea and Vietnam reported further H5N6 and H5N1 outbreaks.

- Date: 2017-04-14 · published 2017-04-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71374-niger-reports-first-h5n8-outbreak-high-path-viruses-hit-other-nations-cidrap
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Spreading H5N8 into new African and European poultry flocks raises the risk of trade restrictions and lower poultry output, which would modestly reduce feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- cidrap.umn.edu: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/niger-reports-first-h5n8-outbreak-high-path-viruses-hit-other-nations

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