Tens of chickens die of bird flu virus in Sarolangun

Jambi, (ANTARA News) - Bird flu (Avian Influenza) killed tens of chickens in Sarolangun District, Jambi Province, recently, according to a local official. An investigation conducted by a local animal health team had shown the chickens had died of AI. The virus had apparently entered Jambi from the neighboring provinces of West and South Sumatra, the head of the Sarolangun Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Service, Ahmad Surya, said here on Wednesday.

Sarolangun District is a region through which the trans-Sumatra highway passes and shares borders with South and West Sumatra provinces where the deadly disease is rampant, he said.
The local authorities had intensified efforts to curb the communicable disease by supervising trading of poultry, conducting disinfectant spraying, and animal vaccination.(*)

Source: Antara