Bird Flu, Hundreds Ducks Convulsions

Bird Flu, Hundreds Ducks Convulsions
Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 | 11:07 pm  

Tasikmalaya - Not less than 740 ducks in District Cisayong, Sukaratu, and Jamanis, Tasikmalaya District, died suddenly.

Birds that died suddenly since 10 December. From the test results the Department of Livestock Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, the deadly disease from bird flu positive.

However, the Animal Husbandry Department could not confirm whether the attack that struck three districts with the bird flu virus is new or still kind of long. Mucus samples of dead ducks have been sent to a laboratory in the Department of Animal Husbandry Jabar Cikole, Lembang, Bandung.

Head of Animal Health and Society Fetiliner, Animal Husbandry Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Idik Abdullah, after a test at one location in the District Cisayong death Ducks, Monday (12/31/2012), ensuring proficiency level of hundreds of ducks died from bird flu.

"The characteristics are webbed white eyes, mucus from the mouth, had a seizure before dying," said Idik...  http://banjarmasin.tribunnews.com/2013/01/01/terjangkit-flu-burung-ratusan-itik-kejang-kejang?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+co%2FrYRl+%28Banjarmasinpost.co.id%29