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Severe Bird Flu Surge Hits Europe, Prices Soar

12/11/2025

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Europe faces an early, severe bird flu surge, according to the European Food Safety Authority.
The outbreak has driven culling of hundreds of millions of farmed birds, disrupting supplies and raising prices.
Between September and November, EFSA recorded 2,896 detections of H5 avian influenza across 29 nations.
Among these, 442 were in poultry, 2,454 in wild birds, and 19 people in four countries were infected.

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Europe faces an early, severe bird flu surge, according to the European Food Safety Authority.
The outbreak has driven culling of hundreds of millions of farmed birds, disrupting supplies and raising prices.
Between September and November, EFSA recorded 2,896 detections of H5 avian influenza across 29 nations.
Among these, 442 were in poultry, 2,454 in wild birds, and 19 people in four countries were infected.