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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Indonesia-1000's of sick ducks go to market


well..don't you want some??
 Do you wonder how much time we have left?

Ducks for Sale Cheap Avoid Losses Due to Bird Flu



 (AFP). - Thousands of sick ducks in Central Java Cilacap sold cheap, bird flu (avian influenza) continues, the number of ducks are sick continues to rise, these conditions force farmers to sell sick duck cheaply, avoid bigger losses.Wednesday, 26/12/2012 - 20:12
Price duck normally Rp 50,000 per head by the breeder sold between Rp 20,000 to Rp 25,000 per head. "I duck that lived 2,000 is up I sell, when it starts to look sick directly sell cheap. If left to die, I've lost a lot mencapa hundreds of millions," said breeder Naryanto origin Sampang Cilacap on Wednesday (26.12.12 ).
It had to be done because he had suffered a huge loss of 4,000 of 2,000 peliharannya tailed ducks died suddenly, the losses should be borne by hundreds of millions. The remaining 2,000 have started to pick up, so that before the severe pain he was selling cheap.
Not just him, other breeders as Sarmin (36) origin Jeruklegi already sold some Itiknya. "Not until I sell have severe pain," he said.
Although the government banned the sale duck sick for the moment, but he could not do much, preventive measures by spraying treatment was performed but the disease continues to spread.
"The government could have banned but if dead, is there any compensation," said Sarmin who lost 250 ducks.
Naryanto who is also chairman of the Association Breeder Ducks Eggs Sari comprising 40 farmers estimate the number of ducks die in the attack, the AI ​​in Cilacap estimated at more than 5,000 head. "I have 2,000 dead, not including ducks belonging to members of the community who all contracted AI," he explained.   http://www.pikiran-rakyat.com/node/216527