30 provinces in Indonesia are still not free from bird flu

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Sabtu, 06 Februari 2010 08:12 pm 0 Comments 0 0

SUKABUMI - MI: A total of 30 provinces in Indonesia are still not free from the spread of bird flu disease, which affects the poultry export ban to other countries as a whole, said Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Suswono RI.

After declaring a national movement and Livestock Breeders Healthy Tenjolaya Village, Sub Cicurug, Sukabumi District, West Java, Friday (5 / 2), Suswono asserted, the government is now prioritizing the handling of bird flu cases, so the following year, there are a number of other provinces free of the disease.

According to him, the handling of cases of bird flu is still being done by the National Commission on bird flu and therein, including the Minister of Agriculture. The existence of the National Commission on Avian Influenza itself in the near future will soon be replaced with a new institutional.

Data from the Ministry of Agriculture says there are only three provinces are free of bird flu, namely North Maluku, Gorontalo, and recently West Kalimantan.

Mentan said, if the bird flu problem could be overcome, then Indonesia could take advantage of export opportunities abroad extraordinary, but the potential of Indonesia's poultry sector has realized that only reached 60 percent.

"One reason is bird flu. Movement declaration healthy livestock is the government's efforts to overcome the spread of bird flu," said Suswono.

Raising poultry will not open or will not be released because it is profitable and highly vulnerable to the spread of disease and difficult to control.

In the same place, Regent Sukabumi, Sukmawijaya, support the efforts of bird flu made the central government, among others, by tightening or conducting bio security ', culling of birds positive for bird flu vaccination of healthy poultry.

He explained, in early 2010, in Sukabumi District, has been one case of mass deaths of 569 birds tail. "The case is currently being handled by the Department of Animal Husbandry (Disnak) of Kenya, so the bird flu issue as soon as possible," he said.

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Re: 30 provinces in Indonesia are still not free from bird flu

Source: http://newspaper.pikiran-rakyat.com/prprint.php?mib=beritadetail&id=126072

Hanya Tiga Provinsi Bebas dari Flu Burung

Google translation:

Only three of the province of Free Bird Flu

SUKABUMI, (PR) .-
Minister of Health (Minister) of Indonesia, Dr. Endang Rahayu Setianingsih revealed only three provinces in Indonesia which declared free of bird flu virus. It is the third province of North Maluku, Gorontalo, and West Kalimantan.

As for the other thirty provinces, the government still has not revoked the status of vulnerable spread of bird flu virus or Avian influenza (AI).

Minister of Health expressed so Endang, Friday (5 / 2), on the sidelines of excellent programs declaration "healthy cattle, healthy cattle", held at Tenjolaya Village, Kec. Cicurug, Kab. Sukabumi. On that occasion, also attended by Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) RI Ir. Suswono.

Furthermore, she explained the number of cases of bird flu affecting people up to the status suspect (suspect) to reach 161. That much of the case, recorded almost 82% died.

"Although these cases each year has decreased, people should not be complacent. We must be constantly alert to the spread of the disease," said Endang.

Furthermore, he revealed to anticipate the spread of bird flu virus, not only the responsibility of government. Community involvement should also be further improved.

Just as has been done by the government in three provinces declared free of bird flu virus. "They keep trying to do semakimal possible spread of bird flu prevention with a variety of real programs," he said.

She expects the case years ago in 2006 Kab. Sukabumi not happen again. At that time, thousands of chickens at a farm belonging to the Livestock Group Ayam Kampung (Keprak), Cicurug positively infected died of bird flu virus. (A-162) ***
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February 17, 2010 15:59 PM

South Kalimantan Will Free From Bird Flu Virus By 2012

BANJARBARU, Feb 17 (Bernama) --South Kalimantan will be free from the deadly bird flu virus by 2012, said Head of the province's Veterinary office Serafina Ariani on Wednesday, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.

"Although the province remained prone to the attacks of the bird flu, but we have projected that South Kalimantan will be free from bird flu by 2012," Ariani said.

In reaching the target, she had taken measures by urging local chicken breeders to maintain bio-security around breeding complexes as well as tightening control of chicken transportation.

"The trucks carrying chickens need to be tightly monitored to prevent infected chickens from entering free-virus areas.

"In doing so, we are working with related agencies," she said.

The avian influenza began attacking chickens in the province in 2004 which continued up to 2005. But, the virus was then relatively calm from 2005 to the end of 2009, she said.

But by the end of 2009, bird flu again attacked chickens in five districts, Ariani said.

The infected regencies were Tanah Laut, Banjar, Barito Kuala Hulu Sungai Tengah and Banjarbaru, causing thousands of chickens to eliminated to curb the virus spread, she said.

About the sort of bird flu attacking Indonesia, a veterinarian in West Java town of Garut said on Tuesday that it was classified as "highly pathogenic avian influenza" (HPAI).

In the West Java district of Garut alone, there were at least 75 cases of HPAI between 2006 and 2010 in which more than 2,893 chickens suddenly died, Dida K.Endang said.

The attacks in 48 villages of Garut district over the past four years had sparked fears of human infection, said the head of Garut's veterinary office.

To protect local residents from the worst possibilities, a total of 7,000 infected chickens were culled.

Local authorities paid the owners a compensation of Rp12,500 (US$1,4) for every culled chicken, Endang said.

However, not all people welcomed the amount of compensation. Instead of giving up the positively infected chickens for culling, they hid the poultry and just handed over small chickens, he said.

As a result, the efforts to control and halt the spread of bird flu in Garut district were not so successful. This condition was worsened by the lack of locals' health awareness, he said.

Instead of burning the infected chickens, many Garut residents throw them into rivers, creeks, or ponds. Worse still, some even consumed the infected chickens, he said.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), avian influenza or "bird flu" is a contagious disease of animals caused by a virus that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs.

The WHO has warned that the infection with avian influenza could spread very rapidly through poultry flocks.

Indonesia has 33 provinces. Only three have been confirmed free from the threat of bird flu.

Indonesia has been dealing with bird flu since 2005. However, the H5N1 type of influenza is also known to have attacked chickens and birds in other Asian countries, such as Thailand, Cambodia, China, and Vietnam.

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