# Dutch farmers told to keep poultry indoors to limit spread of bird flu
						 | The Poultry Site

> The Netherlands ordered all commercial poultry kept indoors after a highly pathogenic H5 bird flu case was confirmed on an organic layer farm in Zeewolde, with about 36,000 birds to be culled. Movement restrictions apply within 10 km of the farm, and testing is underway within 3 km.

- Date: 2021-10-27 · published 2021-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Netherlands · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44564-dutch-farmers-told-to-keep-poultry-indoors-to-limit-spread-of-bird-flu-the
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Indoor housing orders and movement restrictions in a major EU poultry producer can curb output and trade, modestly reducing feed demand and adding to EU chicken supply uncertainty.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2021/10/dutch-farmers-told-to-keep-poultry-indoors-to-limit-spread-of-bird-flu

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