Indonesia-H5N1 infected chicken found in the marketplace

Look out, Bird Flu Chicken Cut ..!
BALIKPAPAN - Aberdeen City Government through the Department of Fisheries Agriculture and Marine (DPKP) continue to detect vulnerable areas infected with H5N1 or so-called bird flu. DTKP conduct checks on some traditional markets, the results were found several pieces of chicken that tested positive for avian influenza virus.

"After many settlements of people hit by bird flu, we direct the initiative to check the chickens are bought and sold in the market. As a result, we found some positive chickens avian influenza virus, "said Head of Livestock DTKP, drh Budijanto, yesterday.

Budi-familiar addressed said it found the chicken tested positive for the flu buruang Sepinggan Market. The amount is approximately 15 tail more, taken from some chicken traders. Chicken is not the one still alive, but the chickens that have been cut and placed on a stall selling table.

"It's not a live chicken, but chicken is already on the table. We check the chickens, character-character lead to avian influenza-affected chickens, "he explained.

Known bird flu virus, because the chickens that have been cut and ready for sale, because the characteristic. In the chicken's body looks a lot of bruises, skin or chicken meat is not bright as usual. In addition, the characteristics of chicken are not healthy because there are still innards in the body.

"The market is a positive Sepinggan approximately 15 tail, the average chicken innards were still there in it. Like the intestine, bile, liver and others. For that we also remind the public to buy chicken that is clean, do not buy the remaining innards in it. Because it is not healthy, "said Budi to Post Metro, yesterday.

Not only Sepinggan Market, officers from this DTKP also carry out checks on traditional market Pasar Baru and Pasar Klandasan. After checking around chickens are bought and sold, either alive or chickens that had been cut. The result is negative, it did not find that the affected chickens as bird flu found in Sepinggan Market.

"New Markets and Klandasan earlier (yesterday, Red) also have us check, the results were negative. No one tested positive for avian influenza virus. Later, we will disseminate to the public this fall directly into the neighborhoods, "beber Budijanto. (Die)