# Officials report more avian flu across Europe, Middle East

> The OIE reported more H5N8 avian flu outbreaks in Germany, France, the UK, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Romania. France reported 23 new farm outbreaks, mostly in ducks, and the UK recorded a swan outbreak at Abbotsbury Swannery. More countries now have the virus in poultry flocks.

- Date: 2017-01-09 · published 2017-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72891-officials-report-more-avian-flu-across-europe-middle-east
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Wider European spread increases the chance of trade restrictions and culls in a major poultry producing region, which weighs modestly on chicken demand and feed ingredient use.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- cidrap.umn.edu: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/officials-report-more-avian-flu-across-europe-middle-east

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