Palembang was Safe Bird Flu

Sunday, 07 December 2008

PALEMBANG - Officially Agriculture, Perikanan, dan Palembang City Forestry menyatakan, Palembang still was safe from the spreading of the bird flu virus (avian influenza/H5N1). Nevertheless, anticipation efforts continued to be carried out by tightening the cleaning action of the pen (biosecurity). This aimed at rescuing the poultry breeder during the plague of bird flu attacked. Section Head Pertanian, Perikanan, and Forestry Kota Palembang Masriadi said, the use disinfektan (biosecurity) to the breeder's pen was more effective. Namun, vaksinasi continued to be needed, but in the certain condition then. Moreover, he worried, when the vaccine was done earlier, precisely will cause the case of bird flu.

Because, the case of bird flu generally happens in the transitional season from the rainy season to dry. “Vaksin that was precisely not good and did not benefit. The vaccination was needed for the pen that had been affected by bird flu. When being filled again up, needed the vaccination. If the clean environment, might not vaksinasi,” revealed Masriadi to SINDO in Palembang yesterday. According to him, the tightening biosecurity was going in several subdistricts. Moreover, the sub-district head issued the letter of instruction to the district to carry out vigilance towards the bird flu virus.

“Tim this also along with the Distan program to carry out the vaccination against several animals, like the monkey, the dog, the cat so that was avoided from the illness rabies,” he said. Prevention efforts were also carried out by the breeder towards the control of the poultry traffic, the person, and equipment. Like the poultry from the affected area (bird flu) ,dilarang entered the safer area. So also with the person's traffic to livestock breeding, along with the available implement in livestock breeding, must be given disinfektan. In Indonesia,virus bird flu began to creep, like that happened in the Semarang City and Makassar gazed at the end was closed in 2008. Besides this, the use disinfektan, added Masriadi, was prepared not not all that 350 measuring bottles 1 litre so as to be able to kill the virus or the intrusive bacteria. “ Kami also coordinated with the government of the centre and the province. The case incident of bird flu from the other area became attention Palembang,” he explained.

Generally, the case of bird flu happened at the time of the rainy season transition headed dry. However, that of only estimates so as his side did not loosen the supervision of the Palembang possibility was entered by the bird flu virus.

Was separated, the member DPRD Palembang Zuhri Lubis stated, the increase in vigilance must be towards the bird flu virus carried out. Saw the last condition for the plague of bird flu in Semarang, must be able to be responded to by increasing the security and tightening the poultry that entered the endemic area. His side also asked that the breeder maintained the cleanliness of his poultry because the bird flu virus could enter if the condition for the poultry and the pen him was unclean. (siera syailendra)