THE IMPACT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA ON THE POULTRY MARKET

Abstract

The main goal of the study is an attempt to indicate the effects of the occurrence of avian influenza on the poultry market (production, gate price, export to third countries) in Poland in three seasons of this disease (2016/2017, 2019/2020, 2020/2021). In Poland, in the last few years there has been a fairly frequent occurrence of avian influenza in poultry flocks. The eradication of this disease is associated with huge costs to the state budget. Compensation is payable for the birds killed if biosecurity requirements were respected on the farm. Farms, although probably not all, whose operations are in a protection or surveillance zone also suffer losses. These losses are related to many veterinary constraints on kept stocks. Poultry farms must bear the costs associated with undertaking and searching for innovative activities aimed at preventing the penetration of this disease into the herd. Another consequence of the occurrence of this disease in poultry is the introduction of restrictions on imports from Poland by some non-EU countries