Despite a concerted effort, Bird Flu is spreading rapidly through China's chicken population. China has the biggest populations of domestic chickens
in the world. I wonder what would happen if they have to cull a large portion of thier chickens? They will have to import massive quantities of food
to compensate. Ill bet the grain producers like ADM et al are salivating as we speak.
BEIJING - China said Friday that bird flu is spreading among its poultry flocks despite mammoth efforts to control the disease, while leaders at an
Asia-Pacific summit warned that greater vigilance is needed to prevent more human infections.
President Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Russian President Vladimir Putin were among the
leaders pledging unity in combatting bird flu at the summit in South Korea.
Even isolated North Korea announced it was stepping up surveillance of poultry and launching education campaigns. "Projects to prevent bird flu are
deepening further," the communist regime's official Korean Central News Agency said.
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