# China confirms high-path H7N9 in market poultry | CIDRAP

> China's agriculture ministry confirmed that highly pathogenic H7N9 has been detected in live-bird markets in Guangdong province for the first time. Bulgaria and France reported large culls and Nigeria reported more H5N1 outbreaks. Human H7N9 samples showed mutations suggesting the virus is becoming more pathogenic in birds.

- Date: 2017-02-21 · published 2017-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72381-china-confirms-high-path-h7n9-in-market-poultry-cidrap
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A shift to high-pathogenicity H7N9 in Chinese live-bird markets raises the risk of wider poultry losses and tighter import demand for feed. It may also weigh on Chinese poultry consumption, so the price direction for chicken is uncertain.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- cidrap.umn.edu: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/china-confirms-high-path-h7n9-market-poultry

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