Re: Indonesia - West Java - Bird flu in poultry in Garut - Five indviduals suspected with bird flu
Re: Indonesia - West Java - Bird flu in poultry in Garut - Five indviduals suspected with bird flu
and another article translated by bgw in MT . . .
http://www.bataviase.co.id/node/577712
Status of Bird Flu Outbreak
February 22, 2011
Headline People's Mind
GARUT, (PR) .-
Department of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Marine (Disnakanla) Kab. Garut determine the status of outbreaks or epidemics in poultry cases of sudden death in Kp. Village shop Banyuresmi Kec. Banyuresmi Kab. Garut, which continues to spread to surrounding areas. The test results Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) 2 states, blood samples from dead birds tested positive for bird flu virus (Avian Influenza / AI) H5N1 strain.
Thus expressed Head of Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health Disnakanla Kab. Garut Dida Kardiana Endang, when met, on Monday (21 / 2). "The case of the sudden death of chicken continues to grow, so must be signed in the case of depopulation due to outbreaks or epidemics," he said.
On Monday (21 / 2), found 64 chickens died suddenly. So far, the number of chickens that died in the RW region 5 has been reached 400 individuals, and extends to the settlement in RW 7.
According to Dida, a powerful way to break the chain of spread of the virus mematikantersebut is annihilation (destruction), that is by burned and buried in soil with sufficient depth of hole (disposal). So far, local residents are reluctant to give up insisting that still live chickens to be destroyed.
"Vang chickens still roam there, and feared to transmit the virus to other birds and even to humans," he said.
Oisnakanla Kab. Garut in collaboration with Department of Health (Health Office) District. Garut again held socialization of the danger of bird flu virus, especially to the residents RW 5. However, residents insisted did not want to hand over poultry to be destroyed.
With such fact, officers assisted the local community can only pick up chicken carcasses were left strewn in the garden of bamboo to be burned.
According to Dida, the community is reluctant to do depopulation of chickens that are still alive because of lack of awareness of the dangers of bird flu virus. "In fact, test results have had state, chickens infected with AI virus. Residents also complained about the small amount of compensation on the chicken depopulation, "he said.
Eating Tamiflu
Meanwhile, fears of infectious virus from birds to humans AJ higher when five local residents complained of symptoms of influenza like illness (illness like in-fluenza/UA). The five residents is first female infants (2.5 years), D (54), D (1.5 years), I (6), and O (35) - "Complaint they resemble symptoms of AI, but has not been set as the unexpected AI. "For a while we give them Tamiflu to suppress the symptoms of the disease," said Head of District Health Office of Communicable Diseases Eradication. Garut Dede Rohmansyah.
According to him, the symptoms that arise when humans are exposed to bird flu or the common cold, including runny nose, cough, fever, and body aches. However, distinguishing, the H5N1 virus is the deadly kind.
"Since 2006, cases of human deaths from bird flu in the district. Garut reached 90 per cent. Ie of the five positive patients exposed to bird flu virus, four of whom died," he said.
The high number of human deaths due to the AI virus, said Dede, pushing the district health office. Garut establish health posts in PHC Banyuresmi bird flu which is 200 meters from the scene.
"A total of 4500 tablets of Tamiflu is still available to anticipate the possibility of virus spread to humans," he said.
[editor's note - the original cache of Tamiflu was 5000 tablets. 500 tablets seem to have been distributed already. The standard protocol in Indonesia is two tablets a day for five days and then a double dose of tablets for five more days. So from 16 to 25 people may have already been treated with Tamiflu.]
One of the residents, Hasan (45) admit has never been vaccinated poultry in the region. "Most of the chickens had been kept from the first. However, there are persons that like to maintain the rooster were imported from other areas such as Bandung, Tasikmalaya, and others," he said.
In response, Garut Regent HM Aceng Fikri who come to the site urged people to cooperate with related agencies for the management of dead chickens in accordance with standard operating procedure. "Moreover, this area has tested positive for H5N1. Chickens are still healthy can be consumed as long as it is cooked until done, except for chicken which is sick must be destroyed so that the virus does not spread," he said.
Aceng worrying, poultry from the region are sold to other areas so they can spread the same diseases. "People should cooperatively associated with domestic birds. Therefore, poultry sold to other areas will be difficult to detect. While the compensation provided in accordance with the rules of the central government which is Rp 10,000-Rp 12,500 per head," he said.
