Sunday, February 20, 2011

Duh! Bird Flu Attack Garut, Residents Reluctant to Annihilate poultry

Sunday, February 20, 2011, 19:47 GMT





West Java Provincial Health Office destroyed burung

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID flu-affected chickens, GARUT - About 300 chickens died suddenly due to H5N1 virus in several Village, Village Banyuresmi, Bayuresmi Subdistrict, Garut regency, West Java, gradually in 2011 feared threaten the health of residents.

"Of course this is a life-threatening residents there, if infected by the virus in humans," said Head of Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health at the Department of Animal Husbandry, Garut regency, Dida Kardiana, by telephone on Sunday.

Death of cattle infected with avian species, it is expected Dida immediately destroy society with procedures that have been socialized. The presence of poultry died suddenly will be transmitted to other poultry animals and then worry about infectious in humans.

"If memvaksin livestock is not enough, humans transmitted the virus to worry because it'll make more fatal to the sufferer," said Dida. With the discovery of chickens infected with H5N1 virus based on laboratory tests, Dida said it continues to disseminate to the public how to handle animals that died.

Even Dida in the past week have been deployed to the field officers combed the neighborhood residents who have been vaccinated animals and poultry to be destroyed if there are chickens looks sick. "In the sweep, we also found the chicken was dead, and we immediately destroy it by burning and bury it there," said Dida.

Meanwhile, Dida along with his team every day will continue to review these Banyuremsi Village location to find out the dead animal. In the review, it continues to disseminate handling poultry that died suddenly in a way to bury and burn.

Even remind people always wash their hands when they are in contact with animals in anticipation of no transmission of poultry diseases for poultry. "So far we continue to socialize because if we are asked to destroy poultry, people do not want to," said Dida.

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