Monday, June 8, 2026

Bird flu brings severe financial challenges in Nepal

 
Headline:  WATT Poultry, 6/4/2026

Jackie Linden reports: 
As of last month, well over 400,000 poultry had been culled in the Republic of Nepal due to HPAI, and close to 173,000 more had died. 
This is according to official notifications from the South Asian nation’s animal health authority to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). It covers the period from the first detection of the H5N1 at the start of March, up to May 23. 
These developments come at a significant economic cost. Already by April 20, Rising Nepal Daily put this at more than 500 million rupees (NPR; US$3.3 million). As well as 100,000 poultry, 250,000 eggs and 50 metric tons of feed had also been destroyed up to that date. The entire cost was borne by poultry farmers, as there is currently no government-backed compensation scheme in Nepal, and disease events are not covered by insurance policies.

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