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Bird Flu Attacks Ngadirojo
WONOGIRI – After infected poultry in Jendi village of Selogiri sub-district in Wonogiri, the avian influenza virus now attacks chicken owned by citizens in Sanggrahan sub-village of Ngadirojo Kidul village in Ngadirojo sub-district, Wonogiri. At least 19 native chickens owned by locals there suddenly died off. Raped test resulted positive for AI. The confirmation of AI was addressed by drh Ismaryati Budiningsih, Head of the Animal Health Sub-Office of the Animal, Fisheries and Marine Services Office of Wonogiri. According to Ismaryati, poultry death in Sanggrahan occurred since March 8th. “We received reports of sudden poultry die off in Sanggrahan sub-village of Ngadirojo Kidul on March 8. By procedure we did rapid tests and it resulted positive for bird flu,” said Ismaryati Budiningsih.
The dead chickens, she said, were owned by Wahono, citizen of Sanggrahan RT 02 RW 19. On March 8 only one of his chickens died. But when asked further, Wahono admitted that many of his chickens had died since February. “Wahono said he had 24 chickens, when some of them started to die, he sold away 4 birds. The rest all died, which means 19 chickens,” explained Ismaryati.
The chicken found dead on March 8 was Wahono’s last chicken. Ismaryati said that when Wahono’s chickens started to die, he didn’t suspect they were infected with AI. “That’s why he sold 5 chickens to the market,” explained Ismaryati.
The Animal, Fisheries and Marine Services Office planned to conduct vaccination, disinfection and poultry depopulation. But it was cancelled because the neighborhood where Wahono lives is already sterile from poultry. Ismaryati said that citizens living around Wahono had history of farming poultry. “But when we checked, the area was clean of poultry,” she said.
Poultry death due to AI in Ngadirojo added the list of AI outbreaks in Wonogiri. Within the last 2 months, at least AI outbreaks occurred in five villages. The other four villages were Manjung and Purwosari village in Wonogiri sub-district, Jendi village in Selogiri sub-district, and Mlopoharjo village in Wuryantoro sub-district.
Meanwhile, if compared to last year, AI vaccine stocks in Wonogiri have lessened. In year 2007, Wonogiri received 1,700,000 doses of AI vaccines. This year, the budget could only provide 800,000 doses. “Reduction in supply was done by the government in hoping that people would rely more on implementation of biosecurity,” she said.
Besides the Animal, Fisheries and Marine Services Office, high caution for AI was also voiced by the Health Office of Wonogiri district. If the Animal, Fisheries and Marine Services Office concentrated on managing the risk of infection to birds, the Health Office cautioning for risk of infection to humans. Doctor Widodo, head of the Infectious Disease Eradication and Environmental Health Sub-Office of the Health Office, voiced out high caution to prevent human death due to AI.
Source : Radar Solo