NO REARING OF POULTRY FREELY IN VILLAGES.

(From Bernama The Malaysian National News Agency)

from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MUAR, March 25 (Bernama)-- The government may no longer allow chicken and ducks to be reared freely in villages in efforts to protect the country's poultry industry which is worth billions of ringgit a year

Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the move might be necessary in view of the bird flu virus

He said the country's poultry industry was worth between RM4 billion …