Netherlands - West Java Explore Cooperation Atasi Bird Flu

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 | 23:24 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, BANDUNG: Kingdom of the Netherlands Government to continue exploring the possibility of cooperation deal with bird flu in poultry with the Government of West Java. The meeting discussed this issue done Animal Health Director of the Netherlands with Alida Oppers Governor Ahmad Heryawan, on Wednesday (14 / 1) night.

According to Alida, continuation of cooperation of bird flu is a research and study on bird flu in poultry. Research will be focused in West Java. "The goal is to explore the handling of the search solution disease" said Alida in Bandung. Moreover, said Alida, the bird flu virus in poultry has developed a mutation.

West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan hope, cooperation could find a solution concerning the threat of the spread of bird flu. "We are very grateful," he said.

According to him, bird flu attract the international attention because it is a frightening disease that ancamannya. Despite, in terms of the victims of the soul that is still falling slightly compared with dengue fever. He cite, this course in 2008, from 300 people treated, 40 of them died. Meanwhile, bird flu in West Java since 2003 that merebak ago, killing 26 people.

Heryawan, said the attack on the poultry bird flu in West Java tend to continue to decrease. This decrease, pressed by handlers intensifnya vaccination and bio-security on poultry pens. In the early merebaknya disease, in 2003 ago, the 1.4 million birds in West Java. 2008 years ago in the number down to 8 thousands of chickens that fell ill bird flu.

He hopes, with the focus kejasama later, the disease is expected to be lost in West Java. With the loss of the disease in poultry, the threat of disease in humans that can be pressed. In addition, the bird flu attack on poultry means that guarantee the supply of poultry in West Java. "However 70 percent of meat dikonsmusi community that West Java is chicken, is the most inexpensive," said Heryawan.

Head of West Java Animal Husbandry Koesmayadie Tatang Padmadinata said, in addition to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the cooperation of the poultry flu burun also conducted among the Japanese. Government Japan, he said, will build a laboratory in West Java specifically to examine the virus.