Sidrap,Indonesia ..likely 400,000 birds dead so far

Sentra's Largest Animal Attacks Bird Flu
FRIDAY, 11 AUGUST 2011

Sidrap - Tanete Village, District Maritengngae known as one of the largest centers of layer chicken farms in the district Sidrap again attacked by the bird flu outbreak.
This is well proved, that the deaths of poultry from bird flu had been declining, but by no means been declared sterile. H5NI deadly virus is thought to re-plagued large number of farms in the village of Tanete, District Maritengngae,. Even so, employers chickens at the site of the largest egg sac was closed and seemed reluctant to report a dead chicken.
Indication of the H5N1 virus outbreaks re Tanete or location in the village centers of the largest farms in this Sidrap, allowed the Head of Animal Husbandry Department (Disnak) Sidrap, H Abd Azis. "No ethical entrepreneur's name, but the suspicion of bird flu in the village was almost true. Therefore, today we have dropped the entire stock of 60 thousand doses of vaccine over there," Aziz said when contacted Wednesday, August 10, yesterday.

The issue today, advanced Azis, not all employers chickens, laying hens, especially farmers in the village of Tanete would open with what happened to him. In fact, the information is necessary no matter how small government. "That's the problem. Maybe with his closed it, deems could help them from losses due to bird flu. In fact, the facts do not, but the evidence is endemic egg and chicken prices remained stable and even increased," Azis palm. Aziz explained so far, cases of poultry deaths was far fewer than a few days ago.
Total poultry deaths has reached 235 thousand whole tail. These data, beyond the dead chickens that were not reported to Disnak residents. "According to the data that goes into the dead birds as much as 235 Disnak tail. But I expect that all, including dead chickens that are not reported to reach approximately 400 thousand heads." Azis said. Based on the calculations, the loss of farmers over bird flu outbreak in Sidrap reached more than Rp20 billion. "Count-count by comparing the average price of such worth Rp60 thousand laying hens, broilers and chicken Rp25 Rp30 thousand thousand each tail," he said. Compared to last 2005 events, where the chicken deaths of nearly 400 thousand birds, the current outbreak is much worse.
The assumption, said Aziz, the current population is very much compared to 2005, but not before residents can barely do anything and no terms of vaccine. The difference is now the virus can be overcome, "ketusnya.