# Bird flu: Culls in Dutch and German farms over outbreaks - BBC News

> Dutch authorities ordered culls of about 200,000 chickens at two farms near Nijmegen after an H5N8 outbreak, and H5N8 was also found in chickens in Germany's Schleswig-Holstein. Further cases were reported in England, and more than 1,000 dead wild birds were found on the German coast.

- Date: 2020-11-05 · published 2020-11-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50034-bird-flu-culls-in-dutch-and-german-farms-over-outbreaks-bbc-news
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culls and containment zones in major European poultry regions reduce regional chicken supply and feed demand, supporting poultry prices and possibly raising import demand from other suppliers.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- bbc.co.uk: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54825971

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