# The same bird flu that wiped out millions of US egg laying hens is back

> The USDA announced on January 9 a dangerous H5N2 avian influenza strain in a Montana duck. The article recalls that the 2015 strain killed over 48 million US hens and cost the industry over $1 billion.

- Date: 2017-01-09 · published 2017-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73002-the-same-bird-flu-that-wiped-out-millions-of-us-egg-laying-hens-is-back
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Renewed detection raises the risk of US layer losses and export bans, which would tighten egg supply and support poultry prices.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- qz.com: https://qz.com/881586/usda-finds-avian-influenza-bird-flu-strain-that-killed-us-egg-hen-population-in-2015

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