Chinese government action thus far has notably been aimed at closing wetmarkets in major consumption markets rather than targeting inland breeding chicken areas.
The spread of the disease in Zhejiang Province is expected to come under control due to the closure of wetmarkets and warmer weather, Xinhua said in a report, citing a doctor at Zhejiang University.
Reports had it that they can live on land for up to three days, but the best they usually seem to manage is several hours under wet burlap in open markets where they're sold for their flesh.
When he was still wet behind the ears, he and Stanislas Yassukovich came up with the idea of creating for these markets a negotiable certificate of deposit.