Friday, December 14, 2012, 15:06 pm
JAKARTA - Compensation will be provided to farmers affected by depopulation if the bird flu that attacked thousands of ducks in some areas declared a national disaster.
Agriculture Minister Suswono said there is still a reserve fund that can be used to pay the compensation. "If it's in the category of disaster, we've got a reserve fund," he said at Red Top, Jakarta, Friday (14/12).
Meanwhile, Deputy Trade Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said the Ministry of Trade was to coordinate with the national committee control zoonoses, which are diseases of animal origin.
This effort is conducted to measure the level of danger from this plague. Ministry of Commerce will conduct pengawasaan and trade restrictions if the epidemic is increasingly getting bigger.
"If the outbreak is great, Kemendag duty to supervise trade, trade restrictions or conduct trade ban was decided by the condition of the disease, "said Wamendag in a separate place on Friday (14/12).
The government continues to investigate to determine whether the infected birds or just a local poultry importation. The government will hold a World Heath Organization(WHO) and the Food Agriculturure Organization (FAO) to find a solution.
Bird flu that attacked thousands of ducks in East Java a few weeks ago came from a virus belonging H5NI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPA) has Clade 2.3.2. This virus causes morbidity and mortality rate is quite high in ducks.
Based on data Bbvet Wates and reports of deaths in the sample introduction ducks data showed the average mortality was 39.9% ducks with the lowest percentage of 8.3% and highest mortality reached 100.0%.
This is the same virus with different types being endemic in 2003, ie 2.1 sub Clade Clade 2.1.3 that attack chickens and cause death in humans.
Until now there has been found to attack this virus in humans. Related to this outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture is still processing Permentan regarding the importation of poultry products and feed from Australia.
