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Press Release Ministry of Agriculture?s Avian Influenza Campaign Management Unit (CMU)
Poultry Surveillance and Culling in The Area Affected by Avian Influenza
Jakarta, 11 Januari 2007, Ministry of Agriculture: Related to the human cases of Avian Influenza (AI) in Rawalele sub village, Kalideres village, West Jakarta, DKI Jakarta administration, along with West Jakarta mayoralty and Ministry of Agriculture have conducted poultry surveillance and culling in the neighborhood.
The identification tests from the samples taken from the poultry owned by the family of Rn (the 14 year old boy who died of AI on Jan. 10) ? three ducks and two chicken ? showed the result as Negative. Rn?s family, who live in RT 02/RW 10 of Rawalele subvillage own 18 ducks, 3 chicken and 4 pairs of pigeons, but the animals are caged across the main road, not close to their house. According to the family, Rn rarely played around the cages.
Meanwhile, other suspects from the neighborhood who are still treated in Persahabatan Hospital ? I (4.5), W (5), Al, and N ? all of them do not keep poultry at home. From the samples of swab tests of the chickens in the neighborhoods, 4 chicken and 2 ducks are positive with H5N1.
Based on the surveillance on Jan. 9, 2007 at the two locations around Rawalele village ? Semanan village, Kalideres subdistrict, West Jakarta mayoralty and Pondok Jagung village, Serpong subdistrict, Tangerang -- the laboratory tests showed that all the samples tested are Negative H5N1. The risk factors are the slum neighborhood with dense population, and poultry that roam around instead of being caged. Weather change may also contribute to the risk, because the virus survives better in cooler weather condition.
Today, on Jan. 11, 2007, culling has been conducted in the area of RW 10, Rawalele subvillage, Kalideres village, Kalideres subdistrict. The total number of poultry being culled were 737, comprising 337 non pedigreed chicken, 241 ducks, and 149 birds. DKI Jakarta administration has prepared compensation for the poultry culled.
The head of West Jakarta Husbandry Office Kasudin, Dr. Chaidir Taufik urged people not to keep poultry in densely populated area. He also urged people to immediately report suspects with high fever and cough, and bring the suspects to community health center or hospital. People are also urged to report sudden death in poultry, to implement good hygiene by washing hands after handling poultry and before meals, as well as cleaning the cages regularly and keeping children from poultry.
Meanwhile, the head of West Jakarta Public Health Office, Dr. Ariyani Murti, his office provided mobile health center stationed at Kalideres village head office, which works as Avian Influenza Control Post and also provides tamiflu for AI suspects.
Ministry of Agriculture is committed to continue the Avian Influenza (AI) control program, by conducting AI epidemiological surveillance, implementing biosecurity, improving public awareness, and sharing information with international community.
http://www.komnasfbpi.org/press11jan07.html
Poultry Surveillance and Culling in The Area Affected by Avian Influenza
Jakarta, 11 Januari 2007, Ministry of Agriculture: Related to the human cases of Avian Influenza (AI) in Rawalele sub village, Kalideres village, West Jakarta, DKI Jakarta administration, along with West Jakarta mayoralty and Ministry of Agriculture have conducted poultry surveillance and culling in the neighborhood.
The identification tests from the samples taken from the poultry owned by the family of Rn (the 14 year old boy who died of AI on Jan. 10) ? three ducks and two chicken ? showed the result as Negative. Rn?s family, who live in RT 02/RW 10 of Rawalele subvillage own 18 ducks, 3 chicken and 4 pairs of pigeons, but the animals are caged across the main road, not close to their house. According to the family, Rn rarely played around the cages.
Meanwhile, other suspects from the neighborhood who are still treated in Persahabatan Hospital ? I (4.5), W (5), Al, and N ? all of them do not keep poultry at home. From the samples of swab tests of the chickens in the neighborhoods, 4 chicken and 2 ducks are positive with H5N1.
Based on the surveillance on Jan. 9, 2007 at the two locations around Rawalele village ? Semanan village, Kalideres subdistrict, West Jakarta mayoralty and Pondok Jagung village, Serpong subdistrict, Tangerang -- the laboratory tests showed that all the samples tested are Negative H5N1. The risk factors are the slum neighborhood with dense population, and poultry that roam around instead of being caged. Weather change may also contribute to the risk, because the virus survives better in cooler weather condition.
Today, on Jan. 11, 2007, culling has been conducted in the area of RW 10, Rawalele subvillage, Kalideres village, Kalideres subdistrict. The total number of poultry being culled were 737, comprising 337 non pedigreed chicken, 241 ducks, and 149 birds. DKI Jakarta administration has prepared compensation for the poultry culled.
The head of West Jakarta Husbandry Office Kasudin, Dr. Chaidir Taufik urged people not to keep poultry in densely populated area. He also urged people to immediately report suspects with high fever and cough, and bring the suspects to community health center or hospital. People are also urged to report sudden death in poultry, to implement good hygiene by washing hands after handling poultry and before meals, as well as cleaning the cages regularly and keeping children from poultry.
Meanwhile, the head of West Jakarta Public Health Office, Dr. Ariyani Murti, his office provided mobile health center stationed at Kalideres village head office, which works as Avian Influenza Control Post and also provides tamiflu for AI suspects.
Ministry of Agriculture is committed to continue the Avian Influenza (AI) control program, by conducting AI epidemiological surveillance, implementing biosecurity, improving public awareness, and sharing information with international community.
http://www.komnasfbpi.org/press11jan07.html
