# H5N1 hits Vietnam again as 7 European nations report more H5N8 | CIDRAP

> Vietnam reported another highly pathogenic H5N1 outbreak in backyard birds in An Giang province, its fifth this year. Seven European countries reported more H5N8 detections, with France reporting 68 new poultry outbreaks and Hungary 19.

- Date: 2017-02-24 · published 2017-02-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72379-h5n1-hits-vietnam-again-as-7-european-nations-report-more-h5n8-cidrap
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culls of poultry flocks in Europe and Asia reduce bird supply and can lift chicken prices while cutting feed demand for poultry rations. The scale of the European epizootic keeps the risk to trade flows and import demand meaningful.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- cidrap.umn.edu: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/h5n1-hits-vietnam-again-7-european-nations-report-more-h5n8

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