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Indonesia: North Barito regency, Central Kalimantan, H5N1 poultry outbreak suspected

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http://www.gatra.com/2011-05-04/versi_cetak.php?id=147769

KALIMANTAN [GATRA Printed Edition]
Hundreds of Chickens in North Barito Sudden Death

Muara Teweh, May 4, 2011 09:08
Hundreds of chickens at Muara Teweh North Barito regency [Kabupaten Barito Utara], Central Kalimantan, in the last two weeks of sudden death.

"Around the house, including ours many chickens that died suddenly, both young and adult chickens," said one resident Jalan Indah Muara Teweh Hopefully, Supiyan, Wednesday (4 / 5).

Supiyan explains, most of the dead chickens were previously not subject to disease, but suddenly died without any known cause that makes people uneasy.

Unnatural death of chicken in it, said Supiyan, have signs of swelling and turning blue in the face and nasal blood discharge. In addition, there are people who divide the chicken body and found the blackened chicken liver.

"Most of the chickens that died there are buried and some were thrown into the river," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry North Barito, Sunoto admitted it had received reports about the number of chickens that died suddenly.

Currently, Sunoto said, officers had to check on the field and for a while chicken is not race (native) who died were spread in Muara Karang area Teweh of them in Java, Malay Village and numerous other places.

"Samples of several organs in the body of domestic poultry in the area that we sent to the Laboratory of Animal Health Palangkaraya, in order to know the cause," he said, accompanied by Head of Disease Control, Anand Junaidi.

He said he did not dare to estimate the dead chickens was caused by disease which is common in climate change entering the rainy season as Newcastle, newcastle disease (ND), white stools and dangerous bird flu virus (H5N1).

He is still awaiting the results of clinical trials conducted in both the laboratory and Palangkaraya Testing Veterinary Investigation Centres (BPPV) Regional V Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan.

"Indeed, test results with the tools rapites we did show two lines, which means not from Newcastle disease, ND and white ****, so that samples sent to laboratories to ensure the bird flu or not," said Anand Junaidi added.

Anand said, early last month about 200 of laying hens in UPTD Ranch North Barito regency property, five miles of State Road Muara Teweh - Puruk Cahu also died suddenly.

"The results of the examination while the chicken was dead from the disease which is common changing seasons defecated namely white so that the sample is not sent to the laboratory," he said.

It appealed to people who have chickens had died suddenly to immediately report to the department concerned and immediately bury the chicken carcasses to prevent transmission of the other animals and even humans.

For the time being owned by citizens of chickens that died suddenly less than the beginning of the year 2010 and then when the spread of livestock such as chickens died of bird flu positive large enough apart in Muara Teweh also in three rural districts of North Barito.

"But we remain vigilant and do the monitoring and prevention of diseases caused by this dangerous virus," he said. [TMA, Ant]
 
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