sufficient -- it produces more than it consumes and it does not import from areas hit by the virus," said Aldo Muraro, head of the Italian poultry producers union. "And -- as international and Italian experts have said, the virus is transmitted through contact with infected animals, not by eating chicken," Muraro added. Germany has ordered poultry to be kept in pens and Poland has said domestic fowl must be kept indoors to prevent contact with migrating birds. --more 2237 Local Time 1937 GMT
