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    Source: http://www.surabayapost.co.id/?mnu=b...b5e6087eb1b2dc

    30 Ayam Flu Burung Dijual
    Kamis, 26 Agustus 2010 | 11:26 WIB

    Google translation:

    30 Bird Flu Chickens for sale
    Thursday, August 26, 2010 | 11:26 pm

    Pamekasan - Dozens of residents belonging chicken Bugih Village, Sub City, Pamekasan, tested positive for bird flu already sold by the owner. ''There are about 30 chickens that we have sold into the market. So once someone has hurt our direct sales,''said the owner of the chicken Sofiullah, Wednesday (25 / 8).

    He did not explain whether the chickens are sold into the market and tested positive for bird flu were to be maintained or to chicken consumption. Because, who bought the chicken was also a merchant. While some dead chickens thrown into the river's Sofiullah. ''When I did not have time to think that I would chicken bird flu. I consider common diseases. Hence we dispose of the dead and the sick we sold into the market,''he explained.

    Sofi's chicken is bird flu positive note, after yesterday's local Animal Husbandry Department did rapit tests and the results tested positive for bird flu. According to Sophie, pet chickens began to die since Saturday (21 / 8). Initially only four, but eventually grew to 60 head, including those sold in the market.

    According to Chief Medical Officer Pamekasan Hendro Santoso, avian influenza virus transmission to humans is actually very vulnerable place. If indeed some positive chicken bird flu virus has been sold, let alone citizens consume, the virus can be transmitted to humans.

    Kadinkes Pamekasan Hendro Santoso, last night said it had ordered the nearest health center staff to review all the residents who live around the chicken coop owned by citizens named Sofiullah, Thursday (26 / 8) today. Well as the medical officer to distribute the drug tamiflu (anti-bird flu vaccine) to all people around the chicken coop.

    Hendro admitted his side's slow to act because of the existence of bird flu infected chickens newly delivered Animal Husbandry Department at 14:30 yesterday. Though bird flu team Animal Husbandry Department had known about it since Wednesday morning. ''If we are notified then and there, today (yesterday) was on the field,''the reason.

    Case of chickens died suddenly in the district board, occurred in Sub Bugih this time was the fourth case in the period from January-August 2010 this. In early January 2010 then, hundreds of chickens owned by Taio Astutik, RT 2001, RT 06, Hamlet Gardens, Pademawu Village East, Sub Pademawu, Pamekasan, also reportedly died suddenly and tested positive for bird flu.

    A few days later in the same district residents also reported similar incidents. Positive results were also attacked by bird flu. Finally, the case of chickens died suddenly and suspected bird flu in the subdistrict Proppo, Pamekasan, in May 2010.

    While in the period 2005 to 2010 was carrying about 10 thousand more chickens and poultry owned by residents in Pamekasan, Madura, who reportedly died suddenly and some of them tested positive for bird flu from a total population of 1,084,474 chickens and poultry in the region these. mas, NTR
    Last edited by sharon sanders; August 31, 2010, 07:23 AM. Reason: added bolding

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    Bird flu-infected chickens sold in East Java

    Please read the comment of Mike Coston.

    Bird flu-infected chickens sold in E Java.

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    A local chicken seller admitted that he sold 30 of 60 dead chickens to a wet market in Pamekasan district, East Java Province, recently.

    About 60 chickens of Sofiullah, a resident of Bugih village, East Java, died of bird flu on August 24 but he did not immediately report this to local veterinary authorities.

    Speaking to newsmen here Sunday, Sofiullah said he did that because he thought that they died of normal sickness. "I had even sold thirty or sixty dead chickens to the market," he said.

    The attack of bird flu on the chickens of Sofiullah who lived in Bugih village,
    Kota sub-district, East Java district of Pamekasan, had been positively confirmed by the district`s veterinary officials.

    "The results of our rapid test to the dead chicken samples have shown that they are positively infected by bird flu viruses," Head of the animal disease prevention of Pamekasan district`s veterinary office Ulung Promono said.

    A part from this bird flu case, some local chicken sellers said that the case did not affect the market prices. The selling prices of chickens remained relatively stable, they said.

    According to Rahimah, a chicken trader at Kolpajung wet market in Pamekasan district, the chicken prices were expected to rise up during the third week of fasting month of Ramadan.

    Antara

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      Re: Bird flu-infected chickens sold in East Java

      Post #1 copied from this thread from last week.




      Thanks Shiloh!

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