Thursday, January 7, 2010

Indonesia: Central Java: Cilacap - H5N1 in Poultry

1/7/10

Cilacap, Central Java – At least 50 backyard chickens belong to locals in Desa Karangmangu, Kecamatan Kroya found suddenly dead. Head of Agriculture and Livestock Service of Kabupaten Cilacap, Gunawan, confirmed those chickens had died of bird flu or avian influenza (AI) virus.

“Field investigation revealed chickens have died of AI virus. Together with locals, all positive chickens have been diminished and buried immediately. After that, we sprayed disinfectant to the area,” mentioned Gunawan.

Even though the incident hit backyard chickens, but disinfection was also done to several farm centers to inhibit further spreading. So far, broiler and layer chickens reared in close proximity survived from AI attack. Commercial farms mostly applying proper biosecurity practices such as regular disinfection so that they survived from the outbreak.

Case of sudden death in chickens was not the first time observed in Desa Karangmangu. Hundreds of chickens in Desa Karangtengah Kecamatan Sampang have experienced the same incident.

Head of Health Service of Kabupaten Cilacap, Sugeng Budi Susanto, separately commented there was no bird flu transmission to human so far.

Source: Indonesia local newspaper. Jawa Pos National Network (JPNN).

http://www.jpnn.com/index.php?mib=berita.detail&id=56016.

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