# Bird flu cause serious economic damage in SA’s Western Cape – African Farming

> The H5N8 outbreak in South Africa's Western Cape has caused production losses above R800 million, with over two million chickens culled and 36 outbreaks in the province. Seventy ostrich farms were quarantined and six provinces were affected.

- Date: 2017-10-03 · published 2017-10-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68470-bird-flu-cause-serious-economic-damage-in-sa-s-western-cape-african-farming
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Large culls and quarantines reduce poultry and egg supply and constrain farm income for an extended period. This supports higher chicken and egg prices in South Africa while local feed demand from poultry producers falls.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- africanfarming.com: https://www.africanfarming.com/news/bird-flu-cause-serious-economic-damage-sas-western-cape/

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