# Bird flu in Europe this winter – APHA Science Blog

> The APHA science blog reports that 25 European countries are affected by H5N8, which began with a detection in Hungarian swans in October. The blog notes many poultry outbreaks and numerous wild bird deaths, and that the duration of the epidemic remains uncertain. Poultry housing orders are in place in many EU countries.

- Date: 2017-02-17 · published 2017-02-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72382-bird-flu-in-europe-this-winter-apha-science-blog
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Housing orders and culls across 25 countries reduce poultry output and can support chicken prices. The uncertain duration of the epidemic keeps this a live supply risk for the coming months.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- aphascience.blog.gov.uk: https://aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2017/02/17/bird-flu-in-europe-this-winter/

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