# Hundreds of thousands of hens culled following latest outbreak of avian flu in SA

> South Africa's HPAI H5N1 outbreak on an East Rand farm led to culling of 240,000 hens, with a second outbreak on a North West broiler breeder farm killing 7,000 birds. Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho and Namibia imposed trade bans on South African poultry products and eggs.

- Date: 2021-04-22 · published 2021-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47605-hundreds-of-thousands-of-hens-culled-following-latest-outbreak-of-avian-flu-in
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Regional trade bans reduce South African poultry exports and local supply, which may lift domestic poultry prices while weighing on feed demand from affected producers.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- algoafm.co.za: https://www.algoafm.co.za/agriculture/hundreds-of-thousands-of-hens-culled-following-latest-outbreak-of-avian-flu-in-sa

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