Bird Flu from the Perspective of the Housewife

Bird Flu from the Perspective of the Housewife

On Friday, 21-11-2008

By: Aslina Asnawi (the Lecturer the Universitas Hasanuddin School Of Animal Husbandry)

The bird flu illness or avian influenza was the danger that threatened our life with being everyday. Especially in the social circle that was involved in livestock breeding efforts (the poultry) because of his impact not only the loss materil but also threatened the life manusia.

Hal this was proven from the existence of the last case that was enough to seize attention of the inhabitants's community Makassar, that is 17 residents of the Jangang Biringkanaya Tank that was detected suspect bird flu that was treated in RS Wahidin Sudirohusodo. In fact bird flu was the illness in the animal (zoonosis).

But, in his development the cause virus of this illness, that is the A influenza virus the sub-type H5N1 that was one of the families orthomyxoviridae that was spread by the poultry, Experienced the change in his genetic structure (the mutation). The outcome was, the virus thus could infect humankind. The cause of the virus avian influenza could through air that left nostrils that was sick and entered the other hole of chicken breathing.

JUga could through the waste of chickens that were sick, especially in the maintenance in a manner the group. Could also tertular through the official's clothes as well as the livestock breeding equipment that were used and infected. The virus avian influenza was enough kept so as to be able to be moved through equipment or this dirtiest food. But most that happened, were direct contact the source of the illness with the chicken that his condition was susceptible.

The virus avian influenza attacked the respiratory tract and the nervous system. This virus in fact fast died with disinfektan that was general was used by the breeder, like ammonium kuartener, formalin 2 – 5%, iodine, the compound fenol, and potassium hipoklorit. The sign of bird flu to the poultry including the cock's comb and the wattle him was blue, the equitable bleeding happened in foot that took the form of red spots or was often met by the ulcer in foot that was mentioned with "foot kerokan".

Also could be recognised from the existence of the liquid to the eyes and the nose so as to the disturbance of breathing, outside the clear liquid happen to thick from the cavity in the mouth, the thirst was abundant and cangkang the soft egg, as well as the sudden death (approached 100 perrsen) between two days and one week. How knew this illness if spreading to humankind? His sign resembled common influenza happened. Including someone will experience the Saluran Pernafasan Akut Infection (ISPA) with the sign of the fever of 38o C or more, The cough, pilek, was sick the throat, the limp body, myalgia, the headache, was sometimes accompanied mencret and vomited, in fact continued breathless.

The Housewife's attitude The case of bird flu must be responded to in a wise manner by giving knowledge provisions and skills to the mother of the house. Knowledge about the bird flu illness was very important it was known by the housewife because apart from the worker in the field of poultry livestock breeding, they that often direct contact with this livestock kind. Was based on results of the research, the housewife's knowledge would the bird flu illness generally was in the category has known, although having several components that still not all that knew.

Knowledge that it was known by the housewife about the bird flu illness generally is that this illness could spread to humankind, was the illness that was more dangerous than the other illness, and the spread him through direct contact with the poultry that was infected. If being guessed from the aspect afektif (the feeling) would the case of bird flu, was responded to in a heterogenous manner. Sebagain big they were still feeling frightened of the impact that was caused by this illness. Emerge the concern that was abundant from them that this illness could spread to humankind, despite basically chicken that already tertular then was safe enough to be consumed as long as being processed (was cooked) in the certain temperature.

Moreover, the existence of the fear to continue livestock breeding efforts in the scale of efforts that were bigger because worried suffered the loss that more as the impact of the bird flu illness. This was significant that although someone knew about something and had the supportive perception (favorable), did not guarantee from the aspect of the supportive also feeling also or not necessarily was parallel because this aspect was more dominated by the emotional characteristics and more remained to himself someone. This condition was reinforced by the influence of the not conducive external factor. For example the existence of information that bird flu was very dangerous was good towards livestock breeding efforts and to be consumed. The shortage of complete information and the source that could be believed was one of his trigger factors. Inspected from skills or the housewife's action in overcoming and preventing bird flu, generally this aspect was in the hesitant category (neutral) from the scale of the grating of the attitude component that was used.

This was caused by the housewife continued to give several actions on the prevention of this illness, for example the vaccination continuously, separated the chicken that terjangkit with the healthy chicken. However on the other side, there were several actions that were taken precisely did not support (unfavorable). For example the action made all the kinds of the chicken illness uniform where every time saw the chicken that was sick they believed that this matter was because of the bird flu illness, In fact could was caused by the other poultry illness or not because of bird flu.

This incident clear was abundant and was the wrong perception generalisation so as the action that was taken then inexact. After being investigated, evidently inconsistency in the framer's component of the attitude, happened despite in a manner the theory was hoped for by the occurrence of consistency. Knowledge that was in the category knew was not supported by the guarantee perasaaan safe in a manner the individual by the housewife. Moreover, skills in taking the precaution towards this illness also did not support the component of the housewife's attitude.

Generally, the housewife considered that the case of bird flu was something that must get big attention from the government side and all of the observer's sides of this case. The spreading of information or the socialisation about the bird flu illness really was needed, not only the level of knowledge (his perception) then, However more to the feeling guarantee in order to be not frightened of this case and at the end will accompany the housewife and the community generally to take the action that was exact in facing and preventing this bird flu. One of the wrong matters that often also was done was to give counselling that terkotak-box in this resolution of the bird flu illness. Counselling that was carried out by the Peternakan Service was not carried out in a manner synergy Officially Kesehatan and with the other side the observer of this case. As a result, information that was received then incomplete, where the technical aspect of the illness, the impact clinically as well as his control method was not received completely.

So was hoped for by the existence of more intensive counselling, so as in the future the community generally and the housewife especially more could understand, preceptive, was on the alert, and wise in responding to the case of this bird flu. Regarding the case of bird flu, the government took the preventive action of reducing the risk of the breeder's loss and increasingly big fatalities. These steps for example to carry out the suggestion in order to process or cook chicken more than 700 C for 1 minute, whereas for the minimal poultry egg in the temperature of 64o C for 5 minutes, carried out the livestock vaccination, The suggestion to maintain pen sanitation, destroyed/burnt the chicken that tertular and carried out livestock quarantine so that far from the settlement of the inhabitants as well as avoided direct contact between the breeder and the positive chicken tertular bird flu. Once more, that must be remembered that meat and the safe poultry egg to dikomsumsi if being cooked exactly.