Dead chickens in three villages in two districts, the Village Mendoyo Dauh Tukad and Screening, District and Village Pangyangan Mendoyo, District Pekutatan, according to information obtained ANTARA News on Thursday.
Jembrana Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Putu Suast, as confirmed MKes confirmed the death of chickens due to bird flu.
He said, in the village of Dauh Mendoyo Tukad, from six chickens that died just two-tailed tests based on positive bird flu.
According Suasta, in terms of human health that it continues to supervise residents adjacent to the death of this chicken for at least 10 days.
Suasta revealed, the incubation period if there are people who contracted this virus lasts about a week.
"Therefore we do surveillance for ten days, we also ask people aware," he said.
Meanwhile, the Head of Department of Agriculture, Plantation and Livestock Jembrana, I Ketut Wiratma say, from inquiries made of dead birds were from outside the region.
"Poultry is purchased for the purpose of the ceremony," he said.
According Wiratma, so as not to spread, it did control by eliminating the infected poultry and other birds in the vicinity.
However Suasta and Wiratma complained that public awareness is still not able to allow poultry to be destroyed.
"And the destruction or depopulation is the only way to control or cut off the spread of the virus," said Suasta.
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