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    Source: http://www.republika.co.id/berita/re...ngi-flu-burung

    Bird Flu Still Shadowed Madiun
    Thursday, June 9, 2011 21:27 pm

    REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MADIUN - bird flu that hit the region of Madiun district, East Java, so far, still continued to threaten. It was evident from the hundreds of chickens in the village of Mojorayung, Wungu District, died suddenly from the disease.

    As happened in the hundreds of pieces of breeder chickens in the village of Mojorayung, District Wungu, Sarno. He mentioned this in three days hundreds of his chickens died suddenly.

    "There are about 140 of my chickens died suddenly. Chickens that died was blue and spit out. The word overseer Animal Husbandry Department, my chicken was hit by bird flu symptoms," said Sarno, told reporters on Thursday.

    He has attempted to do prevent the spread of bird flu disease by spraying the drug, but still not succeeded. In fact, the attack is not only bird flu, but also the virus that causes "newcastle disease" (ND).

    "My loss to millions of Rupiah, because the number of chickens that died in the hundreds. Both affected by bird flu and Newcastle," said Sarno, again.

    In order to reduce losses, farmers are forced to harvest early piece of chicken. In fact, ideally the chicken pieces are harvested at the age of 37-40 days. However, because of fear of dying suddenly again, he was forced to harvest at the age of 29-30 days.

    "Automatically, the weight of chickens that are harvested also decreased. Weight ideal chicken, about 2.5 kilograms perekor harvest time, now only weighs about 1.8 kilograms per cow," he explained.

    Head of Animal Health, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department Madison County, Santoso, justifies attacks still occur in avian influenza and Newcastle wialyahnya. This is because during these weather anomalies.

    During the year 2010, there were 3 861 chickens that died from Newcastle and 15 cases of bird flu with the number of chicken deaths of about 178 birds. Therefore, it appealed to the farmers maintain the cleanliness of the cage and perform a new quarantine on chickens.
    Editorial: Ajeng Ritzki Pitakasari
    Source: Antara

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