Third, this paper also highlighted the temporal variations of live poultry movements during a 1-year period. We found that
during the Chinese New Year, the total number of chickens moved by TSs and HTs in 15 days increased by 387 % and
those moved by TTs increased by 364 %. This is consistent with studies carried out in other countries (Van Kerkhove
et al., 2009; Soares Magalhaes et al., 2012). The number of villages visited by all types of traders also increased significantly
during the Chinese New Year.