# Avian influenza affects poultry, people around the globe - Veterinary Practice News

> H7N9 avian flu was detected in a breeding flock of more than 73,000 chickens at a Tennessee farm that supplies Tyson Foods, and the flock is being destroyed. South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong have limited US chicken imports, and H5N2 was found in a Wisconsin turkey flock.

- Date: 2017-04-05 · published 2017-04-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71375-avian-influenza-affects-poultry-people-around-the-globe-veterinary-practice-news
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Trade bans on US chicken and the loss of breeding stock tighten poultry supply and export demand, which is bearish for chicken prices and for feed demand from the poultry sector.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- veterinarypracticenews.com: https://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/avian-influenza-affects-poultry-people-around-the-globe/

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