This dispute sparkedconcern within European Union nations about their energy security and the future reliably of Russian gas, which now accounts for much of European requirements.
European markets quickly recovered from an earlier sell-off Monday following national elections in France as well as Greece that sparkedconcern about the future of planned austerity measures.
The outbreak has sparkedconcern about a possible spike in food prices, but authorities said Monday that the number of slaughtered chickens is a small fraction of the country's overall population and there is no reason for egg or chicken prices to increase.