Tighten Control of Poultry Disnakanlut

November 01, 2011

Tighten Control of Poultry Disnakanlut

. After being killed in Bangli, now suspect cases of bird flu return upon three residents of Badung.  To counteract such cases, the ranks of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Disnakanlut) Denpasar increasingly tighten controls of poultry and poultry meat. Head of Denpasar Disnakanlut Ambara Gede Putra, Monday (31/10) yesterday, claimed to have improved control, better monitoring of live poultry and on poultry meat. ''Efforts to anticipate this problem, we have been doing surveillance of poultry in and also the meat,''he said. For surveillance of poultry meat, Ambara said it has lowered the team to conduct investigation into the markets, especially to poultry traders.  In addition to direct supervision, Ambara also admitted to routinely conduct outreach to villages and urban villages. ''Step that we do more as a form of anticipation,''he explained. In addition, surveillance of poultry farmers pockets in Denpasar also remain to be done. That way, it hoped the community can respond and immediately malapor if sick to see fowl, so the team can quickly take steps Disnakanlut.  Spraying birds, both which are in the market and new entrants from other areas, said Ambara, also still regularly performed. Previously, the spraying has been done in poultry markets in Denpasar.  In addition, the spraying of poultry that enter Denpasar also performed at the entrances, as at Jalan Prof.. Mantra, Tohpati, Dentim.