THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 2010
300 Poultry Died of Bird Flu
TUESDAY, 04/01/2011
NGAMPRAH, (AP) .- Throughout the 2010 occur 15 cases of bird flu in seven subdistricts in the district. West Bandung. Some 300 chickens died of bird flu over the past year without any cases of transmission to humans.
"The amount is relatively small and declining from previous years. In addition, there were no human casualties," said Animal Husbandry Department of Health Kasi Kab. West Bandung Wiwin Aprianti in his office on Tuesday (4 / 1).
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It is not easy for me to evaluate the situation regarding bird flu in Indonesia.
On one hand everybody is happy with less cases and less human cases. Reported cases that is.
On the other hand we know bird flu can be a-symptomatic in poultry in Indonesia, these a-symptomatic cases are not sporadic but widespread.
Also remember: the reported cases are backyard poultry most of the time. The large scale coops with bird flu problems don't have a legal obligation to report H5N1 and these cases are hardly ever reported in the press.
Also we don't know how many human cases are missed. Several human sero-surveillance studies have been conducted in Indonesia recently, these were not published.
300 Poultry Died of Bird Flu
TUESDAY, 04/01/2011
NGAMPRAH, (AP) .- Throughout the 2010 occur 15 cases of bird flu in seven subdistricts in the district. West Bandung. Some 300 chickens died of bird flu over the past year without any cases of transmission to humans.
"The amount is relatively small and declining from previous years. In addition, there were no human casualties," said Animal Husbandry Department of Health Kasi Kab. West Bandung Wiwin Aprianti in his office on Tuesday (4 / 1).
Read more-pikiran-rakyat
It is not easy for me to evaluate the situation regarding bird flu in Indonesia.
On one hand everybody is happy with less cases and less human cases. Reported cases that is.
On the other hand we know bird flu can be a-symptomatic in poultry in Indonesia, these a-symptomatic cases are not sporadic but widespread.
Also remember: the reported cases are backyard poultry most of the time. The large scale coops with bird flu problems don't have a legal obligation to report H5N1 and these cases are hardly ever reported in the press.
Also we don't know how many human cases are missed. Several human sero-surveillance studies have been conducted in Indonesia recently, these were not published.
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