On July 13, 2006, the DLD signed an agreement with 24 major broiler and duck companies
to establish 92 compartments which will cover 1 276 farms (1 250 broiler farms
and 26 duck farms) and a total of 120.6 million birds per batch. The target was that by
the end of 2006 at least 1 000 farms would be compartmentalized. By the end of 2006,
the number of farms that had applied for compartmentalization certification had increased
to 1 877 broiler farms (from 18 companies) and 899 duck farms (from 2 companies) in 40
provinces.