50 The tail of Sudden Death in Pendem


 Thursday, September 22, 2011 | 19:12 pm

DENPASAR, KOMPAS.com-Be careful to buy chicken in the market to be maintained. Provincial Livestock Office Bali suspect, about 50 chickens that died suddenly had a history purchased from traditional markets in Pendem, Jembrana regency, Bali. Further offices were declared dead chickens tested positive for bird flu virus H5N1, aka.
"We've done a check with a rapid test of the five chickens that are still living in the same cage, bird flu has been positive," explains Head of the Provincial Livestock Office Bali, Putu Sumantra, in Denpasar.
As a precaution, it had to do culling 20 chickens around the place. In addition, biopesticides officers spraying around the cage.
"Other areas we also give a warning. We warn of bird flu appears again. Please do all the control measures against this," he said.
Sumantra himself claimed not to know the exact cause of the re-emergence of bird flu. "But the results of investigations in the field, there are some people who bought the chickens at the market, then treated at home. The possibility of contracting it from there. Therefore we are also aware of the existence of bird flu infected chickens in the markets," he added.
People who raise chickens are also asked to anticipate with maintaining cleanliness of his chicken coop. Biosecurity should be applied, in order to prevent this disease is not widespread.
In 2006, bird flu broke out in Bali with three human deaths.  http://regional.kompas.com/read/2011/09/22/19120033/50.Ekor.Mati.Mendadak.di.Pendem

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