Ducks Mass Death
Spreads to Bali and Lampung
Friday, January 4, 2013
DENPASAR (AFP): Hundreds of ducks Takmung village, Klungkung regency, Bali, sudden death may be due to the bird flu virus.
"From the lab, my ducks died of bird flu," said I Wayan Sudia, cucumber breeder origin Banjar, village Takmung, told reporters in Semarapura, Klungkung regency, on Thursday.
Since two months ago, he bought 500 head of nursery ducklings poultry in Tabanan. In recent days, the ducks belong Sudia often grazing Kusamba left about 300 left. "Symptoms are very similar, ranging from cloudy eyes, staggering, neck twisted, until convulsions before death," said Sudia.
Head of Department of Animal Husbandry, Marine and Fisheries, Klungkung regency, I Gusti Ngurah Badiwangsa, acknowledged that hundreds of ducks in the village Takmung died from avian influenza virus. "We are intensifying (extension method) spraying disinfectant into a number of farmers in the village of Takmung," he said.
Disinfectant is distributed free of charge to farmers in Klungkung regency to avoid the spread of disease outbreaks is also potentially infect humans. Meanwhile, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Health Lampung province and recorded as many as 6627 birds drop dead ducks in Lampung variants of influenza virus H5N1 clade 2.3.2.1 past three months. "Death on the chicken only 102 tails, while thousands of others attacked the ducks," said Head of Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health and Animal Husbandry Department Lampung, Arsyad, in Sydney, Thursday.
He said that poultry deaths in a row from one region to another, causing a panic for those agencies. According to him, it's kind of a new variant first outbreak in Lampung and directly on a large scale. The case that until now there has been no significant development because it directly instruct the owner to carry out culling of duck against poultry disease.
Meanwhile, the Government Garut, West Java, wary of the possibility of the spread of duck deaths were reported to have struck four districts with mortality reaching 500 fish. "Prevention of early so we do not spread by burning and burying the dead birds," said Kasubdin Animal and Veterinary Public Health Department of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Garut, Faith Budiman, told reporters on Thursday.
He said reports of deaths began in Kampung Cianten ducks, Cigawir Village, District Selaawi, then expands into sub Leles, Limbangan, and Cibatu.
Based on the report, according to Faith, 400-500 carrying ducks died of unknown cause, because it is still in the process of laboratory tests to check blood samples, organs, and poultry manure. "We're not sure the cause is due to the bird flu virus or other causes. We are still awaiting the results of laboratory tests," he said. Efforts services in anticipation of widespread duck's death by burning and burying the carcasses of ducks, then sprinkled lime around the cage. In addition, people are encouraged or poultry cages and household hygiene and always clean up or wash hands after contact with poultry. People who have poultry are also required to keep poultry as an impound-ies that do not have a virus from outside. "We also asked not to consume poultry for fear that the disease continues to spread to humans," he said
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