25.12.2017

Major egg producing Iranian provinces, namely Qazvin, Tehran, Alborz and East Azarbaijan, are dealing with an outbreak of avian influenza, which has led to the culling of 16 million chicken and a rise in egg prices.
The outbreak has caused losses worth over 20 trillion rials ($477.44 million) to production units.
The decrease in egg distribution has led to a rise in egg prices, as the price of an egg tray (holding 30 eggs) has surpassed 180,000 rials ($4.2), reaching as high as 210,000 rials ($5.01) in some parts of Tehran. The virus involved in the outbreak is the H5N8 HPAI strain.
The government has allocated $24 million as compensation to chicken farmers for the massive losses caused by the recent outbreak of avian flu across the country.