It has had a direct impact on the prices of egg.  Prices have crashed by more than Rs 50 for 100 eggs in less than a month and also brought down consumption of chicken in the city.

Though incidents of bird-flu were reported in Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan a few months back, the nation was caught unawares when it hit Kolkata and Lucknow. Though the flu has not spread to Southern India, its impact on egg prices has seen a down ward trend according to the NECC (National Egg Coordination Committee).
In Bangalore, the consumption of eggs is estimated at around 35 to 40 lakh per day. “Though the scare on bird flu is evident, it is wrong to say that people have reduced its consumption” says B R Sainath, President of NECC (Bangalore).

 Karnataka, which is one of the major egg producing centres along with Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu produces about 1.2 crore eggs daily and an estimated 90 lakh being sold.
While prices of eggs in December were Rs 195 for 100 eggs it came down to Rs 183 in the first week of January. Prices fell further to Rs 180 on January 13 and to Rs 160 on January 18 and touched a low of Rs 130 on January 24.