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  • Indonesia: Jambi establishes bird flu monitoring network

    Source: http://www.mediaindonesia.com/webtor...ar_id=Mjg3MjYx

    Selasa, 27 Desember 2011 08:58 WIB
    Jambi Bangun Jaringan Pemantau Flu Burung

    Google translation:

    Tuesday, December 27, 2011 8:58 pm
    Jambi Build Bird Flu Monitoring Network


    (Reuters / Jessica Wuysang / sa) JAMBI - MICOM: Department of Animal Husbandry Jambi build and enable network monitoring outbreaks of bird flu, involving the villagers and the village.

    Head of Department of Livestock (Disnak) Jamal Husni Jambi in Jambi, on Monday (26/12), said it has set up or build a network monitoring outbreaks of bird flu to the remote villages.

    "If in an area infected with bird flu report will soon be accepted, and early treatment can be done," he said.

    He mentioned, in current conditions of the rainy season the bird flu outbreak will quickly evolve to attack livestock, especially domestic poultry species such as free-range chicken.

    Chicken is a type of poultry are vulnerable to outbreaks of bird flu, because during the rainy season is currently difficult to find food, while broilers or laying hens that are kept and caged, will be easily monitored and vaccinated.

    Reports from cities and counties today, almost in all these areas there are outbreaks of bird flu, but still small scale.

    Two cities and nine counties in the province of Jambi current bird flu outbreak was detected, but still small scale, and poultry that are infected chicken.

    Animal health officers also have been deployed to carry out early treatment, ie destroy the affected chickens to prevent the outbreak should not be expanded.

    Precaution is done other than destroy, also encourage farmers to vaccinate, in order not to spread to other areas.

    "Farmers or people whose chickens were detected and die from bird flu were also asked not throw away carelessly let alone to the river, it is better buried and burned, so as not contagious," said Husni Jamal. (Ant/Ol-3)
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