# Avian flu is part of the new poultry world | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> The US egg industry is reflecting on the 2014-2015 avian flu outbreak, which killed 42 million birds and cost the poultry industry about $1 billion. United Egg Producers emphasized biosecurity investment, and no new US avian flu reports had surfaced in recent weeks.

- Date: 2017-04-13 · published 2017-04-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71499-avian-flu-is-part-of-the-new-poultry-world-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Lasting biosecurity costs and the risk of recurrence add structural uncertainty to layer flock sizes and egg supply, which can drive volatility in egg and corn-soy layer feed demand.

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/egg/article/15521239/avian-flu-is-part-of-the-new-poultry-world-wattagnet

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