Indonesia - Bird Flu in Poultry/Animals February 2, 2008 - April 9, 2009

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South Sulawesi Dijatah 8 Million doses of the Bird Flu Vaccine
Rabu, 12-03-2008

The plague of the virus avian influenze (AI) or more was known with the bird flu virus to have become an epidemic to several areas in South Sulawesi.
Including also the Makassar City, has become the customer spread him the virus that originated in this poultry.

In order to not spread widely, then the government of the centre allocated the serum anti the virus all over the province in Indonesia, especially the serious province the spreading of this AI virus.

According to Peternakan South Sulawesi Arifin Daud Section Head to BKM, on Tuesday (12/3) in pattern space of the governor's office, for the South Sulawesi Province, the government of the centre gave as many as 8 million doses of the serum anti the AI. "Kita virus while being waiting for help of the serum, if being available, we will spread to all the area in South Sulawesi this, so that like that the assumption of the spreading of the bird flu virus happened, then immediately could be carried out by the early action with giving of this serum," flat Arifin.
Continued Arifin, as for the spreading of the AI virus that happened in the Makassar City recently has been handled seriously by related sides, good from the livestock breeding service, the health service as well as the other related agency.
He hoped, the existence of this AI virus could have been anticipated since early, before becoming an epidemic in a manner spread until resulting in fatalities.
His side also dropped as many as 184 officials who were bundled into the team of this tracker of the bird flu illness off (PSDR).
"Untuk our first stage just dropped 184 officials of the team of the tracker of the bird flu illness off (PSDR) that was spread all over the city/the regency.
To the front, this official will continue we more, so that the bird flu virus could be detected quickly before spreading the area, " he explained.

http://www.beritakotamakassar.com/view.php?id=11406

 

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Lampung South - Poultry Die Off

The bird flu attack in the territory Lampung South continued to continue.
After infected and deadly hundreds of tails of the thoroughbred chicken and the nonpedigreed chicken (talk to) in several subdistricts, avian influenza (AI) that was caused by the virus H5N1 this again became an epidemic in the Lebungnala Village, Sripendowo, Pematang Pasir, and Sidoasih, Kecamatan Ketapang, as far as Palas.
-SNIP-
At least, for the length of this March, dozens of residents reported about the death of the chicken suddenly.
"Earlier, the official of livestock breeding of the Service had carried out spraying.
However, now bird flu again becomes an epidemic, especially in the RT environment 04," said he.

 

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March 11, 2008
[This is talking about the same towns in Lampung, but says the chickens died on the 9th]

Hundreds of chickens belonging to the resident of the Rantaumakmur Village, Desa Sukabakti, Kecamatan Palas and the Sukatani Village, Kecamatan Waypanji, Lampung Selatan, died suddenly.
Suspected, these chickens were attacked by the bird flu virus (avian influenza/AI).
According to Marno (45), one of the residents of the Rantaumakmur Village that his chicken died suddenly, the incident happened on Sunday (9/3).
Initially, his property chickens in the healthy condition.
However afterwards, the chickens died suddenly.

http://radarlampung.co.id/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21766&Itemid=38

 

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March 11, 2008

Tanggamus Regency

Officially Pertanian (Distan) the Tanggamus Regency went through the livestock breeding field continued did heterogenous the anticipation activity and the monitoring.
This was related the discovery came back of the attack of the bird flu virus or avian influenza (AI) in Pekon Waykeraf, Kecamatan Bulok, Tanggamus, some time before.
After did heterogenous the anticipation activity, the officials continued to carry out the monitoring and the step in anticipation of the spreading of the virus that also could attack this humankind.
They consisted of the official of the livestock breeding field from the Section of the Health of the Animal (Keswan) that was combined in participator disease surveler (PDS) and participator disease the response (PDR) that especially handled bird flu.
According to the Section Head (Kasi) Keswan Distan drh.
Ari, his side currently continues to carry out several prevention activities of the spreading of the virus of AI. Di Antara -nya by vaccinating the poultry or the chicken that still was living belonging to the resident in a round of the location of the attack of AI. Kemudian they also carried out spraying, counselling, as well as distributed the number of the telephone to the head pekon and the resident.
-snip-
As being reported beforehand, several chickens were belonging to the resident Pekon Waykeraf found died suddenly.
His cause infected the AI virus.

http://radarlampung.co.id/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21763&Itemid=38

 

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8 million vaccines H5N1 was distributed

The South Sulawesi Provincial Government (South Sulawesi) immediately distributed eight million doses of the vaccine H5N1 to deal with the case of bird flu in 23 regencies.
The budget of the vaccine H5N1 originated in the Budget of the Income of the Negara Expenses (APBN) 2008.
Peternakan South Sulawesi Arifin Daud Section Head explained, bird flu was one of the dangerous and deadly illnesses.
Moreover at this time suspect bird flu has been found in several regencies.
On the basis of so the government tried to deal with by means of distributing the vaccine to prevent the spreading of the further virus.
"Dalam Waktu Dekat we will distribute all through the regency, for the moment we have distributed in the regency that had happened the case, like the Gowa regency and the Sidrap regency," Arifin Daud words in Makassar yesterday.
He said, the Peternakan Service was tracing the possibility of the spreading of the virus to 23 regencies.
Efforts to trace the case of bird flu, were formed by 184 teams that were spread in 23 regencies.
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http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisicetak/sulawesi-selatan/8-juta-vaksin-h5n1-dibagikan.html

 

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[Poultry die off. S. Sulawesi, Parepare, Ujung.]
2 article from Parepare:

Selasa, 11 Maret 2008 10:28 WIB
Dozens of kept poultries the resident in Street Lanuma, Ujungkota, Kota Parepare, South Sulawesi, was destroyed by the official of local Livestock Breeding of the Service.
This step was taken following the death of several poultries in this territory because of the bird flu virus.
According to the official of Kota Parepare Livestock Breeding of the Service, poultries that died suddenly positive flattest the virus H5N1.
To sterilise the location, the official merazia all the poultry in the radius 100 square metre from the location.
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http://www.metrotvnews.com/berita.asp?id=55110

Sabtu, 15/03/2008
As many as 182 poultries belonging to the resident in two subdistricts in Parepare, namely the Ujung Subdistrict and Bacukiki, were destroyed by the Peternakan Dinas Perikanan Kelautan Service and Kehutanan Agriculture (PKPK) Parepare, for one week.
-snip-
Was based on observation 150 poultries took the form of the chicken and the duck belonging to the resident in Perumnas Wekkee Bacukiki, was destroyed, from Thursday (13/3) to yesterday.
Now three the previous day, PKPK also destroyed approximately 32 poultries that terjangkit bird flu in the Kelurahan Ujung Bulu, Kec Ujung Parepare
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http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisicetak/sulawesi-selatan/182-unggas-flu-burung-dimusnahkan.html

 

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[Poultry die off in Cileunyi, West Java. Map: http://tinyurl.com/yrjux2]

Hundreds of chickens in four villages in the Cileunyi Subdistrict, Kab.
Bandung, was destroyed by the Peternakan Service and fisheries (Disnakan) Kab. Bandung, on Friday (14/3).
That was done after several of the him was stated positive was infected by the bird flu virus.
Despite this the resident not there are those that was around this location reported experienced suspect bird flu.
Information that was assembled mentioned, the chicken that was destroyed by Disnakan Kab. Bandung was yesterday gotten in two villages, that is Kp. Pasir Wangi RT 03/RW 08 Desa Cimekar and Kp. Babakan Biru RT 03/RW 06 Desa Cibiru Wetan...
-snip-
From the report on four subdistricts that happened to this March, Disnakan did not yet accept the existence of the resident that experienced suspect bird flu.
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http://www.klik-galamedia.com/indexcari.php?edisikode=20080315&kolomkode=20080315014827

 

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Spread bird flu in Tanggamus and Lamsel

The bird flu attack (avian influenza) against the poultry again spread in several territories in the Tanggamus Regency and Lampung Selatan.
Although not yet having the resident that tertular, already thousands of tails of the poultry died suddenly.
In Tanggamus, for the last three months, the plague of the illness was recorded became an epidemic in six pekon.
The inhabitants's poultry that was attacked bird flu among them in Pekon Earth Arum and Margakaya (the Pringsewu Subdistrict); Pekon Way Kerap and Banjarmanis (the Bulok Subdistrict); Pekon Wates (the Gading Rejo Subdistrict), and Pekon Margoyoso (the Sumberejo Subdistrict).
However, was received by information, the resident's poultry an amount pekon in the Kotaagung Subdistrict also was suspected of being attacked by the bird flu virus.
The section head the Health of the Dinas Pertanian Tanggamus Ari Retika Animal, on Friday (14-3), acknowledged the increase in the bird flu attack on the kept poultry the resident in the territory since the beginning 2008.
To anticipate spread him the virus, especially his spread to the community, the Pertanian Service machinery and Livestock Breeding carried out various actions.
Moreover, gave counselling to the community about the bird flu danger and his control methods.
-snip-
http://www.lampungpost.com/cetak/berita.php?id=2008031600114924

 

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Article on chickens, resistent to H5N1:

http://republika.co.id/online_detail.asp?id=327202&kat_id=23

 

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[More on the cullling in Lampung, and the TNI. If you look at the pic, along the right margin, is the profile of a resident. You can see what they gave them for gloves, and also -- no masks.]



The COMPASS/Helena F NABABAN/Kompas Images
Petugas of the health of the Service animal of Peternakan Banda Lampung was helped by the personnel TNI AD Koramil Panjang carried out depopulation of the chicken that was attacked by the virus H5N1 that has attacked 10 residents of the Suluh Atas Stone village, Kelurahan Way Laga, of Kecamatan Panjang, Banda Lampung, on Friday (14/3).
Depopulation of the chicken was carried out with the injection method emboli air or the injection to stop the supply of air to blood vessels until dying.
The chicken carcass was afterwards burnt to turn off the virus.
On Monday, March 17 2008 | 03:55 WIB
cool air Comfort in Banda Lampung hills was disturbed the slaughter action of the chicken by the personnel TNI AD from Koramil Long Banda Lampung.
The troops was forced to have to pursue the chicken because of the poultry that was expected terjangkit the virus H5N1 or that more was known as the cause virus of this bird flu to be deliberate was released by the insincere resident lost pet

Two personnel carried the club and used the mask.
They ran in the middle of the cassava garden, on Friday (14/3) in the field of the Batu Suluh Atas Village, Kelurahan Way Laga, of Kecamatan Panjang, Banda Lampung.
Together with them, two officials of the health of the animal from the Peternakan Service, Pertanian, and Banda Lampung Forestry that wore close clothes in the style of the astronaut were also busy running.
Apart from pursuing the chicken that was free in the cassava garden, they also at once killed the chicken that was in their range sadistically.
It was so close, the chicken that ran immediately was beaten with the club..

In fact, depopulation or the extermination of the poultry like the chicken or the duck that terjangkit the virus H5N1 has been planned ripe through discussed the village, on Thursday night (13/3).
Only, when the extermination will be carried out on Friday morning, the resident of the Environment Ii Kampung Batu Suluh Atas chose to not obey the decision.
The resident in a crowd set chickens that were owned by them from the pen free.
Be proper for the nonpedigreed chicken, like that was released from the pen, the chickens at once ran in all directions sought a living.
The official of the health of the animal then the difficulty destroyed the chicken.
"Kami has come since striking 08,00, but the extermination could be just carried out struck 09,30.
We must seize more previously chickens that were released.
The profit was guarded by the personnel TNI AD," said Sri Suharyati, Kepala of the Peternakan Field and the Health of the Dinas Peternakan Animal, Pertanian, and Banda Lampung Forestry, on Friday (14/3).
Alhasil, the extermination of the poultry that terjangkit the virus H5N1 that was coloured by the chase.
The choice of the resident set the nonpedigreed chicken that was owned by them free was carried out that the official of the health of the Peternakan Service animal, Pertanian, and Banda Lampung Forestry turns over the step and did not carry out the extermination.
"Ayam was my side income.
If being burnt by all, how did I make ends meet?
Moreover, the government did not replace the chicken that was burnt," Ujang's words (45), the resident of the Environment Ii that objected to this extermination action.

Kampung Batu Suluh Atas that was located in the slope of hills that orbited the Banda Lampung city was one of the villages that was classified as red for the attack of the bird flu virus.
Therefore, Way Laga together was the same as the territory of Telukbetung Selatan and Sukarame was the red area for bird flu.
Only, the attack of the bird flu virus in Way Laga was the only spreading that has spread humankind.
Recorded, around 10 residents of the Suluh Atas Stone village it was suspected terjangkit the virus H5N1.
The official's inspection of the Way Laga Community Health Centre mentioned, to 10 residents showed the sign of the clinical sign terjangkit bird flu.
-snip - [talks about the economy of the area]
http://www.kompas.co.id/kompascetak/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.17.03551924&channel=2&mn=165&idx=165

 

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I thought I had posted this here. Guess not.
[article about the culling, by the residents, witnessed by the officials of Agriculture, in the area of the latest cluster of suspected cases in Lampung]

Totalling 287 poultries belonging to the resident of the Suluh Stone, Way Laga, of Panjang, yesterday (14-3) the morning, was destroyed.
The step was carried out to cut off the spreading of the bird flu virus that currently attacked belasan the resident in this region.
The poultry was destroyed by the resident by being burnt and buried in the location of the empty land in front of the Religious School of Ibtidaiah Mutaul Anwar, Batu Suluh.
This poultry property of the resident RT 22 and RT 23.
Two of this RT became the priority because of the resident that infected suspect (was expected) bird flu came from RT (the neighbourhood association) this.
The poultry that that was destroyed consisted 264 chickens, 20 ducks, and three birds.
"Currently our main target of RT 22 and 23 this," said Amir Hamzah, Lurah Way Laga.
The extermination was witnessed by the official of Agriculture, Peternakan, and Banda Lampung Forestry of the Service, Way Laga District apparatus, apparatus koramil, and the Team of PDR-PDS (Participatory Disease Response-Participatory Disease Surveillance).
The team of PDR-PDS was assigned by FAO (the world body that was in charge of the food field, red) to monitor and take action against each development of the case of bird flu.

According to Amir Hamzah, the poultry that was destroyed was still increasing because still many that roamed about.
Moreover, still had the resident who was not yet prepared to hand over his poultry to be destroyed.
The Batu Suluh village was classified as the settlement was isolated in outskirts keramain the Banda Lampung City.
The environment was in the settlement filled up the house that was made from geribik and was based on the land.
The resident there was used to maintain the chicken, the duck, and birds.
Every day, the resident really close to his kept animal.
The poultries were left free by the life around the residence.
Moreover, there was the resident who made the poultry pen in the house.
The village peace was suddenly unstable.
Since the middle of last February, approximately 125 chickens belonging to the resident died suddenly without being known by his cause.
The assumption of the virus H5N1 (the cause virus of bird flu) stuck up and the resident was then anxious.
The resident's concern about proven bird flu.
Last March 8, a resident, Santibi, complain about concerning the death of his property chickens to the local village head.
And currently, 11 residents of the Suluh Stone were treated in RSUAM isolation space because of the assumption of the attack suspect bird flu.
http://www.lampungpost.com/cetak/berita.php?id=2008031501551312

 

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March 15th

The People's Representative Council: the TNI soldier might not be involved sweeping the poultry

The member the Commission of I People's Representative Council that was an expert in the problem of the defence, Boy W Saul, refused the involvement plan of the TNI soldier in "sweeping" the poultry as being explained by Menkes Siti Fadila Supari, because of the spreading of the deadly illness in Indonesia did not yet be massive or did not yet become a national disaster.
"Fungsi TNI as the land implement.
Helped the task of the government of the area and helped deal with resulting from the natural disaster, the evacuation and giving of the humanitarian aid indeed including the TNI task, that usage of him was based on the policy and the country's politics.
However at this time, the TNI soldier need not yet be mobilised to comply with sweeping the poultry," he said, when being contacted in Jakarta, on Friday.
According to him, the strength of the unit of the civil service's police (Satpol PP) that was had by the regional government that should was mobilised to do sweeping the poultry in the certain region that was gotten by the case of bird flu, including in pressing the poultry traffic.

If the Satpol PP power was still being not more well-off to do sweeping the poultry, then police apparatus that more previously was mobilised to help the regional government.
"Government/Management region was better got the support of police apparatus more previously so that the community obeys the action that was taken by the government to press the spreading of the bird flu," he said.
He could also understand the intention to the mobilisation of the TNI member was to increase the awareness of the community would the danger of the bird flu illness.
"Nevertheless, without involving TNI apparatus then, the government in fact could increase the obedience of the community on the program of the government program in an effort to combat or press the spreading of the bird flu.
The proof is, many communities that destroyed his poultry willingly.
Because of this, the regional government's apparatus that must continue to go through remind his resident to be on the alert for the illness," he said.
After being in a meeting of the limited co-ordination that was led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with the minister and the rank for Pemdaprov Special Capital District OF Jakarta the previous month, Health Minister Siti Fadila Supari said his side will ask for the Troops's rank of Nasional Indonesia (the TNI) to help the program sweeping the poultry in the prevention of the spreading of bird flu.
"With TNI participation, then was expected by the awareness of the community to participate in the prevention of the spreading of the virus then increasingly will increase," he said.
Bird flu has spread the area in almost all the Lampung territory, and as many as 10 inhabitants of the Banda Lampung City is now isolated in RSUAM Lampung with the "status suspect bird flu of". Two the person including being in fact positive infected bird flu was based on the test of the throat liquid.
In the meantime, the awareness of the community was still being very low, especially in destroying poultry and mengkarantina the poultry in the positive area infected bird flu, as well as did not trade the rest of his livestock.
As a result, the poultry traffic stayed high and his spreading increasingly spread.
http://analisadaily.com/4-8.htm

 

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Bandarlampung plans mass culling
Oyos Saroso H.N. , The Jakarta Post , Bandarlampung | Wed, 03/19/2008 12:19 AM | The Archipelago

The Bandarlampung city administration has earmarked Rp 157 million (US$17,400) in its budget for the mass culling of chickens infected by bird flu, an official said Monday.

Bandarlampung Livestock Husbandry and Agricultural Office head Edy Heryanto said the money would be used to pay compensation for the culled chickens and to buy vaccines and spraying equipment.

Heryanto said his office was likely to provide further funds because bird flu continued to spread.

"Initially, bird flu only affected Sukarame and Panjang districts. It has now spread to Rajabasa and Telukbetung Utara districts too," Heryanto said.

For the first phase, the office will use Rp 60 million of the funds to pay compensation for up to 3,000 chickens that tested positive for the virus, he said, adding the administration would pay Rp 20,000 in compensation for each infected chicken.

"Coupled with the procurement of vaccines and other operational costs, our budget will be Rp 157 million," he said.

Heryanto attributed the spread of bird flu in the city to the lack of awareness among the people most at risk.

People with infected chickens are reluctant to burn and bury their birds and some are demanding more in compensation, he said.

"They are not aware without the mass culling it is difficult to stop the spread of the infection," he said.

Reihana, head of the Bandarlampung Health Office, said tests on two Abdul Moeloek Hospital patients suspected of having the virus turned out negative​

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"Although the tests on the two patients were negative, we still have to be careful with them and the eight others being treated at the hospital because they've had contact with infected chickens," Reihana said.

The 10 patients were residents of Way Lage village in Panjang district, Bandarlampung.

Bird flu broke out in a number of regions in Tanggamus and Lampung Selatan regencies and thousands of chickens died.

In Tanggamus, bird flu has hit six villages in the last three months.

Tanggamus Agriculture Office official Ari Retika said in order to curb the spread of the virus, they had disseminated information to various communities.

"These seminars were held not only in areas affected by bird flu but also others without any infection cases," Ari said.

Ari said laboratory tests proved the deaths of hundreds of chickens were caused by bird flu. "We urge locals to report the deaths of any chickens to the authorities to enable us to take quick measures," he said.

Although thousands of chickens died in Lampung Selatan, there were no reports of human infection.

"We treated a patient with bird flu symptoms several days ago, but it turned out the patient was suffering from malaria," said Yudha Putra, director of Kalianda Hospital.

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http://www.thejakartapost.com/node/164172
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FAO: H5N1 levels in Indonesia raise pandemic risk
Mar 18, 2008 (CIDRAP News) ? The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that H5N1 avian influenza levels in Indonesia's poultry are so high that conditions may be ripe for the type of viral mutation that could spark an influenza pandemic.

"I am deeply concerned that the high level of virus circulation in birds in the country could create conditions for the virus to mutate and to finally cause a human influenza pandemic," said Joseph Domenech, the FAO's chief veterinary officer, in a press release today.

Also, new H5N1 virus strains have recently emerged in Indonesia that might limit the effectiveness of the poultry vaccines used there, Domenech said.

He said that Indonesia has the world's highest H5N1 mortality rate and that human cases will keep rising unless the country and its international partners do more to stamp out the virus in birds.

The FAO said the disease has hit 31 of 33 provinces in Indonesia and is endemic in Java, Sumatra, Bali, and southern Sulawesi islands. About 20% of the country's 1.4 billion chickens are spread among 30 million backyard flocks, putting them in close contact with people.

Despite "major control efforts," Indonesia has failed to contain the spread of the virus in poultry, Domenech said. "Indonesia is facing an uphill battle against a virus that is difficult to contain," he said. "Major human and financial resources, stronger political commitment and strengthened coordination between central, province, and district authorities are required to improve surveillance and control measures."

Problems controlling the virus in Indonesia stem from a highly decentralized administration, poorly resourced national veterinary services, little collaboration with commercial poultry producers, and insufficient national and international financial and human resources, the FAO said. International donors have contributed $25 million to the effort so far, the agency reported.

The emergence of the new H5N1 virus strains and the possible lapse in vaccine protection are under investigation by Indonesia's agriculture ministry, with technical assistance from the FAO and World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and financial assistance from the United States and Australia, the FAO said.

"Also required are more investigations and the development of better poultry vaccines," Domenech said.

The FAO said it has helped train 1,350 "participatory disease surveillance and response teams" that are working to control avian flu in 193 of Indonesia's 448 districts. By June, more than 300 response teams will be working in over 300 districts, the agency said.

In other developments, agriculture officials in China recently informed Hong Kong's Food and Health Bureau that the H5N1 virus struck birds in a poultry market in the city of Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province, according to an Associated Press (AP) report yesterday. Hong Kong officials said the outbreak is China's fifth of the year, the report said.

The outbreak at the Guangzhou market killed 114 birds, and 518 others were culled to control the disease, the AP reported.

Elsewhere, veterinary officials in Vietnam announced on Mar 16 an outbreak in ducks in yet another province, Quang Nam in the central part of the country, according to a Mar 17 report by Thanh Nien News, a Vietnamese news service. The H5N1 virus struck 300 birds, and the remaining ducks, along with poultry on nearby farms, were culled.

See also:

Mar 18 FAO statement




http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/mar1808birds.html

 

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FAO press release referenced above

FAO press release referenced above

Bird flu situation in Indonesia critical


High load of circulating virus could lead to mutation and a human influenza pandemic



18 March 2008, Rome ? The prevalence of avian influenza in Indonesia remains serious despite containment efforts undertaken by national authorities and the international community, FAO warned today. Indonesia is the country worst hit by avian influenza.

?The human mortality rate from bird flu in Indonesia is the highest in the world and there will be more human cases if we do not focus more on containing the disease at source in animals,? said FAO Chief Veterinary Officer Joseph Domenech.

?Furthermore, I am deeply concerned that the high level of virus circulation in birds in the country could create conditions for the virus to mutate and to finally cause a human influenza pandemic,? Domenech warned.

?The avian influenza situation in Indonesia is grave ? all international partners and national authorities need to step up their efforts for halting the spread of the disease in animals and making the fight against the virus a top priority.?

31 provinces affected

Avian influenza has become deeply entrenched in Indonesia with 31 out of 33 provinces being infected. The virus is endemic in Java, Sumatra, Bali and southern Sulawesi with sporadic outbreaks reported from other areas. Since the first outbreaks in 2003 avian influenza has spread rapidly across Java into Bali, Kalimantan and Sumatra. In 2006 the virus spread further east infecting Papua and much of Sulawesi.

About twenty percent of the chicken population of 1.4 billion is scattered in around 30 million backyards, where people raise poultry for food or income.

Despite major control efforts, the country has not succeeded in containing the spread of avian influenza in poultry, Domenech said.

?Indonesia is facing an uphill battle against a virus that is difficult to contain. Major human and financial resources, stronger political commitment and strengthened coordination between the central, province and district authorities are required to improve surveillance and control measures.?

Major constraints

A highly decentralized administration, under-resourced national veterinary services, lack of engagement with commercial poultry producers, insufficient international and national financial and human resources for control campaigns and the challenges of implementing a comprehensive communication strategy are the major constraints the country is facing, he noted.

?We have also observed that new H5N1 avian influenza virus strains have recently emerged creating the possibility that vaccines currently in use may not be fully protecting poultry against the disease. This issue is being addressed by the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture with technical assistance from OFFLU (OIE/FAO Influenza Network of Laboratories) and funding provided by USAID and AusAID. Also required are more investigations and the development of better poultry vaccines,? Domenech said.

?The major challenge is to immediately apply the main components of a successful national avian influenza control strategy, based on effective surveillance, emergency culling and compensation, vaccination, improved biosecurity, effective laboratory and quarantine procedures, and movement controls of poultry and poultry products.?

Support

FAO is supporting the Indonesian authorities in most of these areas. In addition, the agency has helped to train local teams of animal health professionals in participatory disease surveillance and response (PDS/R).

So far, more than 1 350 local government PDS/R officers have been trained and are actively working with village communities to prevent and control avian influenza. Surveillance and response teams are currently working in 193 out of 448 districts in Indonesia. By June 2008, over 2 000 surveillance and response teams will be active in more than 300 districts in disease-endemic areas of the country.

Other FAO activities include the provision of technical and policy advice to the HPAI Campaign Management Unit, support to communication strategies, the implementation of market chain studies and research activities.

Major donors, such as USAID, AusAID, Japan and the Netherlands, together with FAO, have so far invested more than $25 million in supporting national control efforts.

http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2008/1000813/index.html

 

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Needed the mapping "strain" the virus

The genetic change in the bird flu virus (AI) to the poultry happened in several areas in the Motherland.
This resulted in the vaccine that was used to the poultry no longer was effective.
So, the genetic change in the virus must be immediately mapped to make the vaccine with strain that was same.
According to the FAO report, the AI virus to the poultry could mutate and was known had several genetic groups that all of them the poultry virus.
The A group spread in Java, Bali, and Sulawesi, the B group in Java, Bali, the West Nusa Tenggara, and East Nusa Tenggara, as well as the C group spread in Java, Bali, and Sumatra.

The three virus groups came from one branch kluster the virus (clade).
The virus that spreads to humankind generally the A group, except in Karo from the C. "Probability/Possibility group had the other group (D, E, and F) also was detected, including from clade other, but was not yet known by his spread," the Chief Executive's words of the Komnas FBPI Bayu Krisnamurthi Daily.

Director Kesehatan of the Departemen Animal of Musni Suatmoko Agriculture added, results of the Hall findings of Penelitian Veteriner Bogor and Deptan showed had the change in the structure of the virus in several areas like Sukabumi, Purwakarta, Subang, Tangerang, and some Special Capital District of Jakarta territories.

The poultry mortality rate because of AI in the territory descended as far as 20 percent.
Resulting from the genetic change, "Vaksin kind bird flu H5N1, H5N2, and H5N9 that uptil now often was used by the probability no longer was effective if being used in the areas," Musni words stressed.

So, the homologue vaccine from strain the virus that changed that must be developed.

At this time his side was making the map genetic from strain the virus that mutated.
Results were used to determine whatever that will be the new vaccine material.
Further the new vaccine will be used for the poultry vaccination in areas of the place of the mutation of the bird flu virus was found.

Mutate Fast

In the meantime, Mangku Sitepu doubted the effectiveness of the production of the new vaccine because the bird flu virus to the poultry continued mutate quickly.
His side recommended that the vaccine that was used came from strain Indonesia so as the level of his compatibility was high.
"Yang must be also studied was whether the mutation of the virus showed the virus was more raging or was the reverse," said Mangku.
In several large scale and middle companies of poultry livestock breeding was found by the existence of the case of the poultry was infected by bird flu without having the clinical sign of the illness, but the level of his productivity descended.

In the meantime, the research in Vietnam and Thailand, two countries in the South-East Asian region with the extraordinary incident bird flu, mentioned, the bird flu explosion was not related directly to the number of chickens, but was related to the duck population and rice rice cultivation.


The research was carried out in three extraordinary explosion times the bird flu virus in 2004 and 2005.
They studied five variables, namely the abundance of the duck population, the human population, the number of chickens, the elevation, and the intensity of rice agriculture.

The researchers concluded, the monitoring of the duck population and investigation of the rice cultivation region rice used the satellite was the best road to predict the possibility of the occurrence of the bird flu explosion.
"essentially, the virus was shaped like a pathogen to the chicken and killed him before finally the virus spread," said Marie Gilbert from Free University of Brussels, Belgium, as being quoted the AP news agency.

Since 2003, the bird flu virus killed more than 200 souls.
Up to now the spread of the virus H5N1 mutated that triggered the global pandemic still became the debate.
As far as this is concerned most cases to related humankind their contact was with the poultry infected by the virus H5N1.

http://www.kompas.co.id/kompascetak/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.26.0052349&channel=2&mn=156&idx=156

 

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Minggu, 23 Maret 2008
Excerpt:
The resident Lampung South was asked to pen the poultry

Officially Peternakan Lampung South ordered all the resident to pen the kept poultry to anticipate expanded him the spreading of the bird flu virus (avian influenza/AI) in the area.
Uptil now, was warned the bird flu virus was very fast spread because of being spread poultry-unggar wild or wandering that has terjangkit the deadly virus.
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In the meantime, the bird flu virus began to attack again the kept poultry the resident of the Susukan Village, Desa Sukaraja, of Kecamatan Palas, Lampung Selatan.
The kept Zainudin chicken (32), for example, suddenly died.
Saw chronological him that died suddenly, he suspected his kept chickens of being attacked by the bird flu virus.
According to Zainudin, originally his kept poultry appeared healthy.
There were no affected signs of the illness.
Suddenly all of his chickens already tergeletak died in his pen.
"Ayam I did not have signs if being sick.
However, suddenly died suddenly.
I was sure the chickens died because of bird flu, Mas, because at this time the bird flu virus spread in this Palas territory," said Zainuddin.

http://www.lampungpost.com/cetak/berita.php?id=2008032214272712

 

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Bird flu was Still raging in Grobogan
26/03/2008 08:07:08

Although several times has been carried out by the prevention, the case of bird flu in Grobogan continue to still spread.
According to Section Head Peternakan and fisheries (Disnakkan) Grobogan drh the Leader Murdowo MM, several days ago his side found 151 tails of the poultry belonging to villagers the Shop and Pulutan, Kecamatan Penawangan died because positive was infected by the virus of Avian Influenza (AI).
"Not only in the Toko Village and Pulutan, we also got the report was belasan the poultry died suddenly in the Katong Village, Kecamatan Toroh that was expected because of being infected by the virus of AI. Hanya when we came to the location, the poultry that died this has been already burnt by the resident."
However if seeing the sign of his illness, the death of this poultry was similar to the AI attack, the Disnakkan headword that was accompanied Head of Sector Kesehatan of the Animal and Kesmavet drh Riyanto, on Tuesday (25/3).

Explained, the case of the death of the poultry resulting from bird flu that happened in the Grobogan Regency it was thought was worrying enough.
-snip-
He admitted, compared to February 2008, the case of the death of the poultry this March 2008 seldom descended.
In February 2008, said Riyanto, the case of bird flu emerged in 6 villages with the number of poultries died numbering 256 tails.
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Although in March 2008 the decline in the quite sharp case happened, the resident was asked to continue to have to be on the alert.
Because, with still the height of the rainfall, the development and the spreading of the bird flu virus still quite big.
"Must be known, AI virus resistance moderate high in the wet environment at the same time humid."
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[This is the village that the 73 year old is from. Gives you an idea of what they are up against]

Could receive the refusal resident
the poultry in Melong didepopulasi


Dozens of poultries belonging to the resident RW 03 and RW 04 in Kel.
Melong, Kec. Cimahi Selatan, Kota Cimahi, didepopulasi or was destroyed by the official from the Perekonomian Service and the Co-operative (Disperekop) the Cimahi City, on Wednesday (26/3) approximately struck 08,00 of WIB. Situation here was related the number of poultries in this area that died suddenly and positive bird flu.
Not only that, one of the residents RT 02/RW 03, Ssd (73) then terindikasi suspect bird flu, after carrying out contact with the poultry.
Ssd was treated in Flamboyan Rumah Sakit Hasan Sadikin Space (RSHS) Bandung.

This extermination was influenced by the action of the resident's refusal that did not want his poultry to be destroyed, although the official has given the appeal and the warning to them.
At least, the number of poultries that was destroyed by as many as 54 chickens belonging to the resident RW 03 and RW 04.

Kasi Pengawasan of the Quality of Disperekop Kota Cimahi Agriculture, drh. Suyoto said, the number of poultries that died because the bird flu virus even this virus spread to humankind indicated this case was very dangerous.
Was needed penangan immediately to prevent casualties even more.
"Adanya of the resident who reluctantly destroyed his poultry, this reflected the awareness of the community would the bird flu danger was still being not yet maximal.
Be forced, we are sued the statement letter for the resident who refused the extermination of this poultry, that must be signed by them," Suyoto words to the reporter in extermination gaps.

With the existence of this statement letter, he continued, if in afterwards the day happened the matter that was not wanted, then his risk was borne by the relevant resident.
His article, despite the official has forced so that his poultry is destroyed, but the resident continue to refused.

"We regretted still had the resident who reluctantly destroyed his poultry.
In fact, the bird flu virus in RW 03 this has spread to the other poultry," said Suyoto.
One of the residents who denied his poultry was destroyed, Endun (50) said, till at this time his poultry was still healthy.
Moreover, this poultry became the requirement for his family.
"If we did not have money and did not yet pay electricity or that was other, then that was carried out by us was to sell the chicken.
I have been ready with all the risks by not destroying this chicken," he said.
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[I think it was in Lampung, where the residents were part of the culling. Here they say do not get near them? This is the area that Agus Youhadi (15) lived in.]
Four Ekor Positif AI
From ten poultries that were made the sample of the inspection from Kp. Bulansari, Kel. Pasirkareumbi, Subang, four tails among them positive affected avian influenza (AI/the bird flu virus).
Was like this it was said the Subdin Kesehatan Head of the Animal, drh.
Agus K. Sugama, M.M. that was contacted "GM" through the telephone, on Friday (28/3).
The inspection of ten tails of the poultry was carried out Dinkes Subang related the death of one of the local residents that to suspect bird flu several days ago.
Therefore, Agus ask for to the community to continue to maintain the clean environment, penned all the poultry, and if would consume the chicken, must cook him correctly.
That was most important, he continued, so that the community continues to be awakened from the bird flu attack, must avoid direct contact with the poultry that died suddenly.

He admitted, his side rather the difficulty to research more far against chickens that died because of not finding his carcass.
The "local resident had first burnt and destroyed his carcass so as we the difficulty to do rapid because of being not found the carcass."
It was for that purpose when knew had the livestock died suddenly, immediately lapor to closest apparatus, he requested.

In the meantime results of investigation epidemologi or the check-up and medical treatment to the risky community, including the taking of the sample of blood by the Service rank of Kesehatan Subang, were not yet received by the clarity.
Kepala Dinkes Kab. Subang, Dr. Hj. Alma Lucyati, M.Kes. did not succeed in being met, his cellular phone was then inactive.

http://www.klik-galamedia.com/20080329/kolomlengkap.php?kolomkode=20080329010443