# Avoiding the flu - how UK producers can take steps now to ensure a healthy winter season free of avian influenza - Poultry News

> UK poultry producers are urged to tighten biosecurity as the winter migration season raises the risk of avian influenza from wild birds. The UK has held OIE disease-free status since September 2017 and the last outbreak was over two years ago.

- Date: 2019-11-05 · published 2019-11-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56075-avoiding-the-flu-how-uk-producers-can-take-steps-now-to-ensure-a-healthy-winter
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A UK avian flu outbreak would cut poultry output and local feed demand, but the risk remains seasonal and speculative for global grain and meal prices.

## Sources

- poultrynews.co.uk: https://www.poultrynews.co.uk/health-welfare/avoiding-the-flu-how-uk-producers-can-take-steps-now-to-ensure-a-healthy-winter-season-free-of-avian-influenza.html

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