Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Media Indonesia, full text: (LINK). Automatic translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English, edited.]
Indonesia, Sulawesi: Bird Flu Appears Always in Rainy Season
Monday, October 3, 2011 13:40 AM
PALU - MICOM: Avian Influenza (AI) that attacks poultry in parts of Central Sulawesi in the past three months has always appeared in the rainy season.
"Since the discovery of bird flu in 2006, AI has always appeared to attack chickens during the season rain, "said Head of Animal Health Animal Husbandry Department Greetje Kuhu Sulawesi in Palu, on Monday (3 / 10).
He said, in July, and August 2011, two areas in the Central Sulawesi regency Sigi, and Palu attacked AI virus that causes hundreds of residents? animals died suddenly. At that time also high rainfall. At the end of September 2011, the bird flu re-emerged in the district of Poso.
"All cases that occurred during the rainy season," he said. Given the emerging bird flu during the rainy season, the government asked the public to be vigilant. Residents who keep poultry, especially domestic poultry (village) is asked to pay attention to cleanliness of the animals pens.
Because most people just let the chickens roam. According to him, the chickens that roam very easily affected by the AI virus. AI virus is mostly transmitted to chickens through the air. "So if the chicken in the stable, not susceptible to bird flu virus," he said. Dozens of chicken in Poso Regency died suddenly two weeks ago and after review was infected with AI virus. (Ant/OL-9)
- ------Monday, October 3, 2011 13:40 AM
PALU - MICOM: Avian Influenza (AI) that attacks poultry in parts of Central Sulawesi in the past three months has always appeared in the rainy season.
"Since the discovery of bird flu in 2006, AI has always appeared to attack chickens during the season rain, "said Head of Animal Health Animal Husbandry Department Greetje Kuhu Sulawesi in Palu, on Monday (3 / 10).
He said, in July, and August 2011, two areas in the Central Sulawesi regency Sigi, and Palu attacked AI virus that causes hundreds of residents? animals died suddenly. At that time also high rainfall. At the end of September 2011, the bird flu re-emerged in the district of Poso.
"All cases that occurred during the rainy season," he said. Given the emerging bird flu during the rainy season, the government asked the public to be vigilant. Residents who keep poultry, especially domestic poultry (village) is asked to pay attention to cleanliness of the animals pens.
Because most people just let the chickens roam. According to him, the chickens that roam very easily affected by the AI virus. AI virus is mostly transmitted to chickens through the air. "So if the chicken in the stable, not susceptible to bird flu virus," he said. Dozens of chicken in Poso Regency died suddenly two weeks ago and after review was infected with AI virus. (Ant/OL-9)