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Bird flu causes death of thousands of chickens in Bantul
Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Bantul, Yogyakarta | Archipelago | Wed, December 19 2012, 2:08 PM
Bird flu has likely caused the death of thousands of chickens in Bantul, Yogyakarta, over the past two months, said the head of the regency?s Agriculture and Forestry Agency, Edy Suharyanta, on Wednesday.
He said that the chickens died suddenly without showing any symptoms, similar to death caused by the bird flu, adding that some areas in Banten are endemic to the virus.
Sumarwanto, a resident of Srigading, Banten, said that some 100 chickens died suddenly during the past two weeks and that they did not show any symptoms prior to their death.
?They still looked healthy in the evening. Then the next morning, they would suddenly die with their heads turning red,? he said.
While the mass and sudden deaths indicated a bird flu outbreak, Edy said that the agency still had to wait for the laboratory tests? results to determine the exact cause of the deaths.
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Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Bantul, Yogyakarta | Archipelago | Wed, December 19 2012, 2:08 PM
Bird flu has likely caused the death of thousands of chickens in Bantul, Yogyakarta, over the past two months, said the head of the regency?s Agriculture and Forestry Agency, Edy Suharyanta, on Wednesday.
He said that the chickens died suddenly without showing any symptoms, similar to death caused by the bird flu, adding that some areas in Banten are endemic to the virus.
Sumarwanto, a resident of Srigading, Banten, said that some 100 chickens died suddenly during the past two weeks and that they did not show any symptoms prior to their death.
?They still looked healthy in the evening. Then the next morning, they would suddenly die with their heads turning red,? he said.
While the mass and sudden deaths indicated a bird flu outbreak, Edy said that the agency still had to wait for the laboratory tests? results to determine the exact cause of the deaths.
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