# Growing poultry and pig epidemics hit Ukraine

> Highly pathogenic avian influenza spread to two new Ukrainian regions, Odessa and Chernigiv, in early January 2017, with 1,099 birds dead at one Odessa farm. African swine fever cases in Ukraine also continued to grow. Belarus restricted poultry imports from Chernigiv in response.

- Date: 2017-01-09 · published 2017-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Ukraine · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72888-growing-poultry-and-pig-epidemics-hit-ukraine
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Poultry die-offs and import restrictions reduce regional poultry output and feed demand, which weighs on chicken and feed ingredient prices in the region.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- foodnavigator.com: https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2017/01/09/Growing-poultry-and-pig-epidemics-hit-Ukraine/

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