Bengkalis Plagued Bird Flu

Sunday, March 27, 2011

BENGKALIS - Several areas in Bengkalis regency, Riau, now began to be plagued with deadly viruses or the H5N1 strain of bird flu that has caused the death of poultry owned by residents.

"From the series of cases of birds died suddenly coming into service since the end of February 2011, some among tested positive for bird flu and alert the public so as not to be contagious in humans," said Head of the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bengkalis regency, Ahmad Ramli, in Bengkalis, Thursday.

Ahmad Ramli who was contacted, said the results of a survey conducted it in recent days expressed a number of areas in Bengkalis, such as the Bengkalis District and Sub Bantan, highly vulnerable to the spread of bird flu.

"It is because in addition there are many poultry farmers, these two districts also had detected bird flu positive chickens," he explained.

The findings of H5N1 positive poultry was said Ramli, was found after a team from his side down the field to check the number of livestock owned by citizens of chicken in Bengkalis and Bantan.

"The results of sample testing ground states, five of the dozens of positive tail in check bird flu," he said.

Upon finding a virus that can infect humans this, he said, Disnak appealed to residents wary of spreading with a healthy lifestyle, clean, and not meliarkan domestic birds.

"In addition, we also asked for residents to act quickly to reported cases of immediate sudden death of poultry to the relevant agency or the local village government," he added.

Based on data from the Department of Agriculture and Livestock, the findings in Bengkalis bird flu this year is relatively small compared to the previous year (2010), where local Disnak successfully detected at least 30 birds positive for bird flu from hundreds of chickens died suddenly rumored by residents.*