# UK reports two separate outbreaks of bird flu
						 | The Poultry Site

> The UK confirmed an H5N8 outbreak at a commercial broiler farm near Uttoxeter, where broilers will be culled, and a low pathogenic H5N3 outbreak at a turkey breeding facility in Cheshire. Exclusion zones were set up and keepers were told to keep birds housed.

- Date: 2021-03-29 · published 2021-03-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47990-uk-reports-two-separate-outbreaks-of-bird-flu-the-poultry-site
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling a commercial broiler flock removes supply from the UK chicken market and can tighten local poultry prices, modestly raising demand for poultry feed.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2021/03/uk-reports-two-separate-outbreaks-of-bird-flu

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