Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
machinetranslation
Dozens Dead Chickens in Jember Bird Flu Positive
October 31, 2011
Jember - Dozens of chickens that died suddenly at Dusun Karang Baru, the village of Shiloh, Shiloh District, Jember, tested positive for bird flu virus or "avian influenza" (AI). Camat Shiloh, Heru Sunarso said Monday, dozens of chickens that died suddenly has been examined in the laboratory and the results tested positive for bird flu.
"After the data collection, the number of chickens positive bird flu virus as much as 76 tails of the 17 heads of households who raise chickens in the hamlet of New Reef," he said. According to him, the citizens immediately destroy chickens positive bird flu virus, so as not to infect other birds in the local village. "Animal Husbandry and Fishery Officers Jember been spraying disinfectants against poultry cages around the scene to anticipate the spread of avian influenza virus of fowl citizens," he explained.
In addition to officers of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, he continued, Health Department officials also took to the site to monitor whether there are people who contracted the bird flu virus. "There are five local residents who complained of flu at the time of the incident, but three of them had recovered and the two people are still undergoing outpatient treatment. Hopefully they just tekena common cold, "he said hopefully.
Heru appealed to citizens to remain vigilant and to anticipate by improving hygiene and spraying of poultry cages on a regular basis. "I have instructed the head of the village and hamlet heads to immediately report , if there are chickens died suddenly. Dinkes officers also distribute masks to residents in the surrounding scene, "he added.
While Jember Health Office of Public Relations, Yumarlis, said officers had to take nose and throat swab samples of five citizens of New Coral Hamlet who has the flu around the site the incident. "sample will be examined in the laboratory of Health Department of East Java provincial government to ascertain whether the five people that contracted the bird flu virus (H5N1) or not," he said.
Antara
Dozens Dead Chickens in Jember Bird Flu Positive
October 31, 2011
Jember - Dozens of chickens that died suddenly at Dusun Karang Baru, the village of Shiloh, Shiloh District, Jember, tested positive for bird flu virus or "avian influenza" (AI). Camat Shiloh, Heru Sunarso said Monday, dozens of chickens that died suddenly has been examined in the laboratory and the results tested positive for bird flu.
"After the data collection, the number of chickens positive bird flu virus as much as 76 tails of the 17 heads of households who raise chickens in the hamlet of New Reef," he said. According to him, the citizens immediately destroy chickens positive bird flu virus, so as not to infect other birds in the local village. "Animal Husbandry and Fishery Officers Jember been spraying disinfectants against poultry cages around the scene to anticipate the spread of avian influenza virus of fowl citizens," he explained.
In addition to officers of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, he continued, Health Department officials also took to the site to monitor whether there are people who contracted the bird flu virus. "There are five local residents who complained of flu at the time of the incident, but three of them had recovered and the two people are still undergoing outpatient treatment. Hopefully they just tekena common cold, "he said hopefully.
Heru appealed to citizens to remain vigilant and to anticipate by improving hygiene and spraying of poultry cages on a regular basis. "I have instructed the head of the village and hamlet heads to immediately report , if there are chickens died suddenly. Dinkes officers also distribute masks to residents in the surrounding scene, "he added.
While Jember Health Office of Public Relations, Yumarlis, said officers had to take nose and throat swab samples of five citizens of New Coral Hamlet who has the flu around the site the incident. "sample will be examined in the laboratory of Health Department of East Java provincial government to ascertain whether the five people that contracted the bird flu virus (H5N1) or not," he said.
Antara
