Sunday, January 29, 2012

Indonesia: Yogya provide 200 thousand bird flu vaccine

I typed up a Yogyakarta Commentary this morning. It can be located here. It's also located on the right side-bar under Maps & Summaries.

January 30, 2012
Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - Department of Agricultural Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) this year to provide about 200,000 poultry vaccine to anticipate the spread of H5N1 virus or bird flu. "Vaccines need to be prepared for extreme weather is happening lately," said Head Agriculture (standardized) Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) Nanang Kelvin in Yogyakarta, on Monday. According to him, weather extremes, from heat to rain causing high humidity. Humidity can also trigger the development of the H5N1 virus. "Although there has been no reported cases of H5N1, vigilance remains encouraged. If there are symptoms such as H5N1, as much as possible and directly controlled its spread is stopped or reduced mobility," he said.

He said there is or there is no bird flu cases , officers Participatory Disease Surveillance Response (PDSR) or power monitors H5N1 developments should be ready any time to detect and monitor in the field. "Thus, if the true case of H5N1, will be known quickly and dealt with appropriately," said Nanang.

According to him, the officer PDSR will do counseling and " biosecurity "by seeking to maintain the cleanliness of cage birds. Although no cases of bird flu, DIY remain vigilant against H5N1. "We call on the community if it finds H5N1 symptoms such as sudden dead poultry to immediately burn or bury the animal," he said.

He said the city government and district governments in DIY has already moved to take the same precautions against H5N1 since a week ago. "They also have taken the H5N1 vaccine to vaccinate poultry in certain places that there are birds that have never been vaccinated," said Nanang.

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