Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Indonesia: Restricted Stock, Restricted Bird Flu Vaccine Help

Wednesday, 28 Sept 2011
BETWEEN - Department of Agriculture Klaten, Central Java, is now limiting the amount of aid preventive vaccine for poultry because of bird flu in addition to limited availability, as well as to prevent the farmers ask for the number of unnatural.

"Today every farmer is limited only get a maximum dose of 5000 because the number of bird populations is not proportional to the availability of a vaccine that only 400,000 doses a year," said Head of Livestock Department of Agriculture Sri Muryani Dwi Atmini in Klaten, Wednesday.

It is said, ration bird flu vaccine for this year's Klaten district that only 400,000 doses a year are not sufficient to be given to all birds whose numbers reach one million head.

The number of poultry farmers in Klaten, he said, about 1,000 people and almost all of them rely on government assistance vaccine, so that when the vaccine came, the farmers are often scrambling to get the appropriate amount of livestock owned.

"If not restricted, farmers often ask for high amounts of so many other breeders who do not miss out. Whereas the average farmer is a businessman who could afford to buy the vaccine itself," he added.

Therefore, he said, imposed restrictions on aid to equitable distribution to all farmers in this region.

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