# Bird flu cases revive fear of repeat of major 2015 outbreak | AP News

> New U.S. bird flu cases have revived fears of a repeat of the 2015 outbreak that destroyed hundreds of millions of birds. Producers have increased biosecurity while outbreaks continue in Asia, Europe and Africa.

- Date: 2017-03-09 · published 2017-03-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71868-bird-flu-cases-revive-fear-of-repeat-of-major-2015-outbreak-ap-news
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Heightened U.S. poultry disease risk can reduce layer and broiler flock sizes, lowering demand for corn and soymeal in feed and supporting egg and chicken prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-01-17 | [Asian Farmers Battle New Bird Flu Outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49036-asian-farmers-battle-new-bird-flu-outbreak.md) | -2.6% | +3.7% |
| CORN | 2025-01-13 | [U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak - CBS News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26647-u-s-egg-industry-sees-record-chicken-deaths-from-bird-flu-outbreak-cbs-news.md) | +1.7% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2021-07-18 | [Bird flu outbreak hits a farm at Denu in Volta \| Ghana News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45948-bird-flu-outbreak-hits-a-farm-at-denu-in-volta-ghana-news-agency.md) | -1.1% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2022-04-06 | [What we know about the bird flu outbreak : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16285-what-we-know-about-the-bird-flu-outbreak-npr.md) | -1.9% | -6.1% |
| CORN | 2025-02-28 | [Are egg producers inflating prices during the bird flu outbreak to boost profits? \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26059-are-egg-producers-inflating-prices-during-the-bird-flu-outbreak-to-boost.md) | -2.4% | +0.5% |
| SBM | 2021-01-17 | [Asian Farmers Battle New Bird Flu Outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49036-asian-farmers-battle-new-bird-flu-outbreak.md) | -6.7% | -5.1% |
| SBM | 2025-01-13 | [U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak - CBS News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26647-u-s-egg-industry-sees-record-chicken-deaths-from-bird-flu-outbreak-cbs-news.md) | +1.8% | +2.7% |
| SBM | 2021-07-18 | [Bird flu outbreak hits a farm at Denu in Volta \| Ghana News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45948-bird-flu-outbreak-hits-a-farm-at-denu-in-volta-ghana-news-agency.md) | -2.0% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- apnews.com: https://apnews.com/general-news-079cfc12190b4e82b8667dedb22ab62e

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