Garut regency Not Successfully Establish Community Awareness

Garut News, (Thursday, 24 / 2).
Garut regency still not optimally managed to build public awareness, prevention and control related spreading of bird flu (Avian Influenza/AI/H5N1), which is also still endemic in five villages Banyuresmi District.

Evidently, although at least 936 head of cattle positive chickens infected with bird flu died suddenly, but people are very reluctant to contribute to the success of depopulation (culling) is limited, especially for companion animals that are still alive.

Outbreaks of H5N1 in the village of Karyasari, Banyuresmi, Sukaratu, Sukamukti and Village Bagendit since 12 January, the cause is also about 37 local residents are now conditioned "ILI" (Influenza Like Illness), so they get very intense treatment.

Poor condition, it is unfortunate there is no choice but to do depopulation because it is very contagious, though not a suspeck ILI symptoms of bird flu, said Kadinkes Garut, Dr. H. Hendy Budiman, M. Kes to Garut News, Thursday.

"Absolutely not be tolerated, the only serious effort to break the transmission chain of distribution, the community was to give up poultry didepopulasi, because cattle are sick now," said Hendy Budiman.

He believes the five village areas, need not be isolated but who still live poultry infected with AI to be destroyed, the residents also called for so as not to come into contact with sick birds.

In addition, there are reminded to do any transactions on poultry from the region, people did not have to worry but if you have a high fever and shortness of breath immediately treated at the health center or local health authorities.

Currently established post AI Prevention and Control District, 14 personnel each day prepared PDSR (Rapid Response Team Survalent) continuously until at least the next 14 days, said animal health Veterinary Public Health Head of Garut, Ir Karyana Dida.

Clean and Healthy Lifestyle (PHBS), stylist laksanaan H5N1 positive poultry carcasses, reporting methods, disposal, destruction of the technical equipment and limited depopulation including doing approach to society, the more incentive is currently implemented, he said.

Also waiting for SK Bupati Garut, about the closure area during the three months since February 21, 2011, from various poultry traffic activity, as well as build public awareness, among other waterfowl do not unite with chickens.

Today has also been deployed to all 15 villages in the District Banyuresmi, including other technical institutions, official circulars of appeal vigilance cases AI disease, said Dida Karyana.

Meanwhile, the high awareness of Britons who flock infected with the H5N1 virus, in addition to willingly destroyed his residence was also even in sterilized by burning, while the husband and wife in Japan was forced to hara-kiri because of fear and shame AI transmitted to the neighbors.

Banyuresmi cattle depopulation on Wednesday (23 / 2) can only be done on two chickens and ten eggs