# Will another bird flu scare crack the egg market as it rebounds? | Food Dive

> The USDA reported an H5N2 avian influenza strain in a duck in Fergus County, Montana. The US industry is on alert, recalling the 2015 outbreak that killed over 48 million hens and cost over $1 billion.

- Date: 2017-01-11 · published 2017-01-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72999-will-another-bird-flu-scare-crack-the-egg-market-as-it-rebounds-food-dive
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A single wild-bird detection is isolated so far, but any spread to commercial US flocks could cut layer supply and lift egg and poultry prices.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- fooddive.com: https://www.fooddive.com/news/will-another-bird-flu-scare-crack-the-egg-market-as-it-rebounds/433773/

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