Tanggamus, Lampung - The assumption of the AI Virus: Hundreds of nonpedigreed chicken died Suddenly

Hundreds of nonpedigreed chickens belonging to the resident of the Tegalwangi environment in RT 14, the Kuripan District, Kecamatan Kotaagung, Tanggamus, died suddenly, since several last days. Expected by the death of the nonpedigreed chicken as a result of being attacked by the virus avian influenza (AI) or that more was known with bird flu. The "chicken belonging to the resident died suddenly for several days this." The death of this chicken was startling enough because sporadically and when the resident needed him during the Iduladha Public Holiday. Expected, the death of this nonpedigreed chicken because of bird flu, said Wiwit (30), the resident RT 14 Tegalwangi, Kelurahan Kuripan, on Wednesday (3-12).

(more)

According to him, the chicken belonging to the resident originally appeared just very healthy. "However," The last few days, the chicken that earlier healthy, suddenly tomorrow him died. Moreover, there are those that the morning was seen healthy, the afternoon has died. There is again that again ngeram also died, said he. Wiwit also explained the resident has expected the death of his kept animal resulting from the bird flu virus. However, up to now did not yet have even one officials from the Peternakan Service that carried out spraying in his area. The "worried also resident, in case the bird flu virus could spread to humankind when being not carried out by the prevention as early as possible." Hopefully in the future, there were prevention efforts from the official of the health and the Peternakan Service, hoped Rosita (27), the other resident.

Up to now the bird flu virus that attacked the resident's chicken did not know from where from him. Moreover, resulting from the limitations of the resident's knowledge about anticipation of bird flu, many residents that throw away bangaki the chicken just like that to the place of the waste or was thrown away to the gutter. The "resident's habit yes like that, if having the chicken died was thrown just like that away," said a housewife who did not want his name to be mentioned. In fact, necessarily the chicken that died and that still was living must be carried out by the total extermination. That is by means of being burnt and buried. Whereas for the chicken coop and the environment that were expected contaminated with bird flu was carried out by spraying. The "resident generally does not yet know what must be done against the chicken that died." Not that, many residents that slaughter the chicken that was sick continued to be eaten, said the other resident.