# Avian influenza hits Russian broiler

> Around 300,000 chickens at a Belaya Ptitsa farm in Rostov Oblast, Russia, were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, confirmed on 2 October. All infected broilers were culled, and the company halted supplies from quarantined sites. The company is already financially strained and has shut two subsidiaries.

- Date: 2018-10-22 · published 2018-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Russia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62564-avian-influenza-hits-russian-broiler
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling and quarantine remove broiler output in Russia, which tightens local chicken supply and may support prices, though the scale is small relative to national production.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- foodnavigator.com: https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2018/10/22/Avian-influenza-hits-Russian-broiler/

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