# Culls, poultry transport ban as S. Korea fights bird flu outbreak | Borneo Post Online

> South Korea imposed a nationwide 24-hour poultry transport ban and raised its bird flu alert to the highest level after an H5N6 outbreak that began on Jeju on June 2. Around 190,000 birds have been slaughtered, with more than 180,000 culled in a single order.

- Date: 2017-06-07 · published 2017-06-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70497-culls-poultry-transport-ban-as-s-korea-fights-bird-flu-outbreak-borneo-post
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling and movement bans tighten domestic poultry supply in South Korea and could modestly increase import demand for poultry and related feed, though the scale remains small relative to global markets.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- theborneopost.com: https://www.theborneopost.com/2017/06/07/culls-poultry-transport-ban-as-s-korea-fights-bird-flu-outbreak/

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