Six residents was expected by Bird Flu

[Something is not adding up. A "chicken breeder" in this story claims he lost 15 chickens. Yet, they say 42 were owned by a "resident"]

Edisi 16 Februari 2009

Six villagers Sukamulya, Kecamatan Sukatani, of Kabupaten Bekasi, West Java, were it was suspected infected by the bird flu virus. The sample of their blood is currently checked in the Department's laboratory of the Health. The head of the Pengendalian Field of the Illness and Lingkungan Dinas Kesehatan Sanitation of the Bekasi Regency of Rudi Ruhdiat said the six residents carried out contact was close to the positive poultry of Avian Influenza (AI) the kind H5N1. "They the owner and consumed the positive AI poultry," said Rudi to the Time yesterday. The sample of blood 25 villagers Sukamulya were taken last Saturday. Results of the inspection, said Rudi, just could be known two weeks more. The taking of the sample of the blood was carried out because last Thursday had 42 chickens belonging to the resident died suddenly. But the poultry that died suddenly that not was destroyed, even was thrown away to the river current and the rest were consumed. "I lost 15 chickens," said Sairan, the chicken breeder that also the Village Head Sukamulya.
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This virus usually emerges when the change in the season, was marked by the death of the poultry suddenly. The intensive supervision of the Sukamulya Village was carried out during two weeks in the future. Officially Kesehatan monitored six residents that the sample of his blood was taken, whereas the Pertanian Service supervised the resident's poultry. Rudi asked the resident to pen his poultry for the time being and did not sell him to the market. "We asked still wandering poultries to be isolated first," he said.