Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 | 2:06 pm
Jakarta, Kompas -
According to Dr. drh Mangku Sitepu, a member of the expert panel of the National Commission of Avian Influenza and Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza, Jakarta, Monday (7/1), it is time the government set the status of an extraordinary occurrence (KLB) or the status of the outbreak in the wake of bird flu latest group.
Determination of status should be immediately carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture Suswono. This is because the case of bird flu for still attacking poultry and no cases of transmission to humans.
Mangku states, without any stipulation of the outbreak or the outbreak of the Ministry of Agriculture, duck farmers whose businesses are affected by bird flu will have difficulty, as relevant redress or compensation.
With the status of an outbreak or epidemic, there is no necessity of the government to take measures that are emergency in order to rescue the livestock industry of duck, especially the fate of farmers.
"Given the extent of the disease bird flu klad latest, it is time the government set the status of an outbreak or epidemic," he explained.
In Bandung, West Java, the Association of Local Poultry Farmers Indonesia (Himpuli) asked the government to set conditions for an outbreak of bird flu for this year spread vicious virus is expected to spread.
"This proposal follows the increasing number of areas with the H5N1 virus variants. Demand is also intended to reduce losses greater on farms, "said Chairman Himpuli Ade M Zulkarnaen.
In Magelang regency, Central Java, Head of Animal Health and Veterinary Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Magelang John Ch Manglapyu request, for a while poultry farmers are expected not graze livestock poultry and quite place them in cages each.
According to him, it must also be accompanied by a set of traffic poultry or people from outside so as not to carelessly into the cage.;;... http://regional.kompas.com/read/2013/01/08/0206557/Status.Wabah.agar.Ditetapkan
