# Dutch to cull 35,700 chickens after bird flu detected

> Dutch authorities will cull 35,700 broiler chickens after a highly contagious bird flu strain was found on a farm. Poultry farmers had already been ordered to keep birds indoors.

- Date: 2020-10-29 · published 2020-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50527-dutch-to-cull-35-700-chickens-after-bird-flu-detected
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling a commercial flock is a small local supply loss, but it adds to Europe's avian flu pressure and may modestly support poultry prices and reduce feed demand locally.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-birdflu-netherlands/dutch-to-cull-35700-chickens-after-bird-flu-detected-idUSKBN27E0SJ/

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