# Bird flu outbreak in Suffolk leads to chicken slaughter - BBC News

> All 27,000 chickens at a commercial farm in Athelington, Suffolk, are being slaughtered after birds tested positive for H5 avian flu. Defra set up a 1km exclusion zone. The strain was identified as low pathogenic, and officials said there was no link to the Christmas turkey market.

- Date: 2019-12-11 · published 2019-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55481-bird-flu-outbreak-in-suffolk-leads-to-chicken-slaughter-bbc-news
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A single farm cull of 27,000 birds is a small share of UK poultry output and is unlikely to change poultry or feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- bbc.co.uk: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-50738453

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