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Part-time poultry farmers aren’t helpful in taking on the virus that is always one step ahead of the scientists
At the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) it's referred to as the Economy of the Chicken and it goes a long way to explaining why China may be wedded to avian influenza for quite some time.
The standard cost of a hen in Vietnam is US$2.50. Each hen will produce about 70 eggs per year and half of those eggs will be eaten at home. Of the remaining eggs, 60% will produce chicks and of those six will grow into chickens to be sold at the end of the year for a total of US$15. ...
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