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Bird flu kills hundreds of chickens in Jambi

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Antara News, Tue, March 1 2011

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Jambi (ANTARA News) - Bird flu has killed several hundred chickens in certain areas of Jambi Kota and Jambi Luar Kota neighborhoods, Jambi province, over the past few days.

The deadly virus had also infected tens of chickens in four villages of Kota Jambi subdistrict and had spread to Pijoan village, Jambi Luar Kota subdistrict, locals said on Tuesday.

In response to the local residents` reports, Head of Muarojambi district`s veterinarian office Paruhuman Lubis said he had been aware of those dead chickens but it was not yet clear whether they were infected by the bird flu virus or other diseases.

"We have checked that there are chickens that suddenly die but we don`t know yet whether they are infected by the (bird flu) virus or not," he said.

The samples of those dead chickens would immediately be examined in a laboratory to enable his men to know the real causes of the chickens` deaths," he said.

If the laboratory tests had verified that the bird flu virus was behind the chickens` deaths, the related authorities would conduct disinfectant sprays for the people`s chicken cages, while the dead chickens were burned, he said.

However, the Muarojambi district`s veterinarians could not conduct the disinfectant sprays alone. Instead, they should be assisted by members of the provincial government`s team, he said.

Indonesia has 33 provinces. Only three have been confirmed free from the bird flu threat.

Indonesia has been plagued by bird flu since 2005. However, the H5N1 type influenza is also known to have attacked chickens and birds in other Asian countries, such as Thailand, Cambodia, China, and Vietnam.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), avian influenza or "bird flu" is a contagious disease among animals caused by a virus that normally infects only birds and, less commonly, pigs.

WHO has warned that avian influenza can spread very rapidly in a poultry or fowl population.

Over the past three weeks of January 2011, bird flu has also infected chickens in Mugirejo village, Sungai Pinang subdistrict, in Samarinda, East Kalimantan.

A bird flu outbreak had also spread in Kerinci district, Jambi province, recently.

According to a veterinarian in West Java, the bird flu virus attacking Indonesia was classified as "highly pathogenic avian influenza" (HPAI).

Editor: Aditia Maruli

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Bird flu kills 49,000 Makassar chickens, ducks

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Antara News, Sunday, October 10, 2010 03:58 WIB

Makassar, S Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Bird flu has killed at least 49,000 chickens and ducks in South Sulawesi province over the past four months, a government official said.

Head of South Sulawesi Province`s animal husbandry office Murtala Ali said here Saturday he had ordered related authorities in districts and cities to destroy the infected chickens and ducks.

"We have also prohibited the transportation of chickens from infected areas to other places," he said.

The dead chickens and ducks were found in 11 districts and towns, namely Takalar, Makassar, Luwu Timur, Luwu Utara, Soppeng, Pinrang, Parepare, Sidrap, Barru, Bulukumba and Bone.

Chickens in other 13 districts and towns in South Sulawesi were declared "free from the bird flu virus", he said.

Besides destroying the bird flu-infected animals, Ali said his people had intensified the vaccinization of chickens, spraying chicken nests, and public awareness campaigns.

He said the high rainfall in the province could trigger the spread of bird flu virus to other chickens.

Therefore he had ordered related authorities to halt the transportation of chickens from infected areas to elsewhere in the province.

Despite the concerning situation, the bird flu virus did not endanger local residents, he said.

Four bird flu suspects being hospitalized at Wahidin Sudirohusodo General Hospital here had been confirmed free from the deadly virus infection, he said.

"Nobody has died of flu here over the past two years," he said.

Various parts of Indonesia remain vulnerable to bird flu.

The Balikpapan city government had even declared state of bird flu alertness on October 4, 2010 following the death of 96 chickens last September.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), avian influenza or "bird flu" is a contagious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs.

The WHO has warned that infection with avian influenza viruses could spread very rapidly among the poultry population.

Indonesia has been dealing with bird flu cases since 2005. However, the H5N1 virus is also known to have attacked chickens and birds in other Asian countries, such as Thailand, Cambodia, China, and Viet Nam.

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Bird flu spreads to six regencies in S. Sulawesi

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The Jakarta Post | Fri, 10/08/2010 9:54 AM

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: An avian flu outbreak has hit six South Sulawesi regencies, killing 18,000 chickens.

The head of the provincial animal husbandry agency, Murtala Ali, said Thursday that the infection had spread across the regencies of East Luwu, North Luwu, Pinrang, Soppeng, Sidenreng Rappang and Bone since September. He added that infections were also reported in Barru regency.

Murtala blamed changing weather patterns for the outbreak.

“The virus’ survival is very much dependant on the weather. This extreme change of weather may have triggered the outbreak,” Murtala said, adding that the spread of the virus was helped by the high mobility of chickens.

Four people admitted to Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital in Makassar on Sept. 29 for displaying symptoms of bird flu infection have all tested negative for the virus and have been discharged from the hospital. — JP

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Poverty Watch: Chicken farming industry empowers villagers in Bantul

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Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | Wed, 10/06/2010 9:46 AM

The bird flu epidemic in 2005 not only caused a decline in the population of local Javanese chicken species, but is also giving potential breeders second thoughts about raising chickens.

“It seems that local species are on the verge of extinction and the demand for poultry increasingly depends on imports,” Sujito said.

Sujito is seen as a pioneer of the Mandiri Free-range Chicken Farming Group in his village in Bantul, Yogyakarta.

He said the villagers’ decision to raise free-range chickens was motivated by haunting questions whether there was a safe way to raise chickens.

They decided to set the chickens free and found many of them died, until they came up with an idea about raising chickens in a coop, isolated from wild poultry.

The chickens were protected from diseases and their growth cycle was quicker than the chickens set free. More residents became interested in the method and in 2007 they formed the Mandiri Free-range Chicken Group, which served as a discussion forum especially on issues related to chicken farming.

“We didn’t imagine that raising free-range chickens would be the main livelihood for people in our area,” group leader Agung Yulianto said.

There are now more than 40 chicken farmers in Pucanganom selling more than 6,000 chickens each month.

For each chicken sold, residents contribute Rp 100 (about 1 US cent) to the group’s coffers. The total has now reached tens of millions of rupiah and covers the cost of day-old-chickens (DOC) and chicken feed.

“The cost of DOC and feed are covered by the group for now. The members pay their dues and contribute during the slaughter to the group’s treasury,” Agung said.

Agung, who studied animal husbandry, said free-range chicken farming helped minimize unemployment and raise people’s well being.

“Rather than working as a laborer in the city, it’s much better to be self-employed because it is more profitable,” Basuki, one of the chicken farmers, said.

The cost to raise a free-range chicken is between Rp 13,000 and Rp 14,000, with a 65 to 70-day-old chicken weighing up to 800 grams and selling for Rp 24,000 per kilogram or Rp 20,000 for a whole chicken.

“Each chicken could brings in between Rp 5,000 and Rp 8,000 in profit,” he said.

The Buras Mandiri chicken-farming community says it also provided free counseling to new farming groups.

“We don’t have special volunteers because we are all volunteers. We will provide counseling to new farming groups, from building coops to teaching raising techniques,”
Sujito said.

Sanden district has seen an increase in chicken-farming communities thanks to Buras Mandiri counseling, such as in Krangan, Murtigading, where a farming group produces 1,600 chickens and in Srigading, where the Segoro group produces more than 4,000 chickens each month.

The success of developing rural economies through free-range chicken farming has made Buras Mandiri a reference point for several poultry institutions and agencies.

Recently, a delegation from the Australian Agricultural Ministry conducted a survey before carrying out a bird flu handling program, and Buras Mandiri was one to the groups included in the criteria.

“Buras Mandiri has raised the people’s awareness. Now if there is a bird flu outbreak or other chicken farming issues, residents are quick to contact us so we can act immediately,” Sanden Animal Health Agency veterinarian Imawati said.

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Jakarta Promises to Assist Relocated Chicken Sellers

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Jakarta Globe, Arientha Primanita, March 23, 2010

An Indonesian worker sorts chickens at a chicken market in Jakarta. (EPA Photo/Bagus Indahono)

The Jakarta city administration said it would consider ways to ease the impact of the relocation of poultry slaughterhouses, as about a thousand chicken traders again protested against the plan on Tuesday.

Mara Oloan Siregar, assistant to the city secretary for economic and administrative affairs, said that the administration would hold discussions with chicken traders to find ways to prevent them from suffering losses as a result of the move.

“We will improve the relocation procedure and the agency will map [the location of] chicken traders and shelters so they can be arranged properly,” he said after meeting with chicken traders’ representatives at City Hall.

As the meeting was going on inside, about a thousand protesters rallied outside the building and at the adjacent City Council building to demand the city drop its relocation plan. The protesters threw dead chickens into the front yard of the City Council building to symbolize their objection to the plan to relocate 1,950 slaughterhouses and 210 shelters to just five locations in the capital.

The relocation, set to begin next month, is based on a 2007 bylaw on poultry control, husbandry and distribution, which states that poultry brought to markets in Jakarta must already be cut, cleaned and frozen to help prevent the spread of bird flu.

The traders have held frequent protests in recent weeks.

Edy Setiarto, head of Jakarta’s Agriculture and Fisheries Agency, said that even though the relocation would be carried out, there would be no raids on slaughterhouses that remained open on April 24 — the deadline for traders to sign up for the relocation.

“We will move the traders gradually and will also improve publicity relating to the bylaw and the relocation plan,” he said.

The Jakarta Poultry Traders Association (HPUJ) has claimed that 64,000 chicken traders employing 75,000 people may be forced to close down as a result of the move, because they would not be able to afford the costs of freezing, packing and distributing chicken from the new locations.

One of the protesters, Budi Prasetyo, 44, a chicken vendor in Rawa Badak market in North Jakarta, said he was worried the bylaw would add to his transport costs and force him to sell chickens that were no longer fresh.

“I slaughter chickens at my house. It takes less than 15 minutes to get to the market so my chickens are sold fresh,” he told the Jakarta Globe.

HPUJ head Siti Maryam told the city administration that if the traders’ demands were not met, they would stop selling in the market for several days.

But Edy said a strike would only affect consumers and the smaller traders. “The small traders are not the only ones selling chicken. If they strike, big traders could take advantage,” he said.

Oloan reiterated at the meeting that the bylaw was meant to make poultry trading more orderly and hygienic, in order to prevent the spread of bird flu.

As of March 2010, Indonesia still had the highest number of bird flu cases worldwide at 163 confirmed cases and 135 deaths. Dien Emawati, head of Jakarta’s Health Agency, said Jakarta had the highest number of bird flu fatalities at 37.

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No delay in slaughterhouses relocation: Agency

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Hasyim Widhiarto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 03/18/2010 4:22 PM

Despite massive protest over the city administration’s plan to remove all fowl slaughterhouses from inner city areas, Jakarta husbandry, fishery and maritime agency have ensured they would execute the plan right on schedule.

“There will be no delay on the relocation plan,” agency head Edy Setiarto told a press briefing Friday.

“We are now working to prepare the five official slaughterhouses, physically and systematically, as well as registering vendors who sign up for the relocation.”

Earlier this week, vendors staged a large protest outside the City Council to denounce feared job losses and declining income ahead the plan to relocate fowl slaughterhouses as mandated by a 2007 bylaw on bird control.

The relocation will start on April. 24.

Under the bylaw, only five city-appointed slaughterhouses will be allowed to operate – in Rawa Kepiting, Cakung and Pulo Gadung in East Jakarta; in North Petukangan in South Jakarta, and the privately owned PT Kartika Eka Dharma in West Jakarta . Some are still under construction.

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