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Ducks on Bali island culled after bird flu infection found
April 25, 2006
BALI (AP): Ducks on Indonesia's island resort of Bali have tested positive for bird flu and have been culled, a government veterinarian said Tuesday.
Veterinary Disease Agency chief Dr. Anak Agung Gde Putra said initial tests showed that 16 infected birds were among hundreds of ducks smuggled from Java onto Bali earlier Tuesday. All were destroyed.
"We can confirm that ducks have been set on fire this morning after we checked them of having bird flu," he said. "We don't want to take any risks because ducks infected with bird flu wouldspread the disease to other birds."
No humans are believed to have been infected, he said.
Indonesia, the world's fourth-most-populous nation, has had outbreaks of the H5N1 avian flu strain in 26 of its 33 provinces. Diseased fowl increases the risk for humans and createopportunities for the virus to mutate into a pandemic form.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillgen.asp?fileid=20060425161957&irec=1
April 25, 2006
BALI (AP): Ducks on Indonesia's island resort of Bali have tested positive for bird flu and have been culled, a government veterinarian said Tuesday.
Veterinary Disease Agency chief Dr. Anak Agung Gde Putra said initial tests showed that 16 infected birds were among hundreds of ducks smuggled from Java onto Bali earlier Tuesday. All were destroyed.
"We can confirm that ducks have been set on fire this morning after we checked them of having bird flu," he said. "We don't want to take any risks because ducks infected with bird flu wouldspread the disease to other birds."
No humans are believed to have been infected, he said.
Indonesia, the world's fourth-most-populous nation, has had outbreaks of the H5N1 avian flu strain in 26 of its 33 provinces. Diseased fowl increases the risk for humans and createopportunities for the virus to mutate into a pandemic form.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillgen.asp?fileid=20060425161957&irec=1