# UK reports H5N6 in wild swans as study assesses live-bird markets | CIDRAP

> The UK reported its first detection of highly pathogenic H5N6 in three dead mute swans near Dorset, southwest England, on Jan 9. South Korea reported another H5N6 outbreak at a broiler duck farm in South Jeolla province, killing 10 of 16,500 birds.

- Date: 2018-01-10 · published 2018-01-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66878-uk-reports-h5n6-in-wild-swans-as-study-assesses-live-bird-markets-cidrap
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued H5N6 detections in Europe and Korea keep poultry trade restrictions and flock culls in play, which modestly supports chicken prices and can shift demand for feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- cidrap.umn.edu: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/uk-reports-h5n6-wild-swans-study-assesses-live-bird-markets

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