# Taiwan reports further H5N6 spread; other strains strike Iran, Europe, Africa

> Taiwan reported four more H5N6 outbreaks involving poultry, including a turkey farm in Tainan with about 3,000 birds. Officials also found H5N2 in frozen duck carcasses from a slaughterhouse in Hualien County. Iran, Europe and Africa also reported further highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks.

- Date: 2017-02-13 · published 2017-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72385-taiwan-reports-further-h5n6-spread-other-strains-strike-iran-europe-africa
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Taiwan's poultry losses and movement bans reduce local supply, which has a limited effect on global feed markets. The spread across several regions keeps poultry supply under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- cidrap.umn.edu: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/taiwan-reports-further-h5n6-spread-other-strains-strike-iran-europe-africa

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