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| AI kills tens of poultry in Banda Aceh, Aceh |
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WASPADA ONLINE BANDA ACEH, ACEH - An Avian Influenza (AI) case occurred in Banda Aceh recently in which tens of poultry had suddenly died, necessitating their immediate destruction, a local animal husbandry official said. "Some 23 poultry belonging to Siti Rohana, a resident of the Ateuk Jawo area in Banda Aceh were positively infected with the AI virus and had to be annihilated," said Mustafa, head of the animal health section of Banda Aceh's animal husbandry office, said here on Wednesday (Nov.4). He said an animal health team was deployed to the site of the infected poultry to burn them and collect samples of their body fluids for laboratory tests. "We promptly sent a team to the location after receiving a report on the poultry's sudden death and samples of their body fluids were taken for the laboratory," he said. He said that until November 2009, a total of 14 AI cases had happened in Banda Aceh. seven cases occurred in Kutaraja, two in Meuraxa and Jaya Baru sub-districts, one each in Ulee Kareng, Baiturahman and Kuta Alam sub-districts. As many as 385 ducks and chickens were destroyed in the 14 AI cases. The number of AI cases in Banda Aceh in 2009 had increased compared to 2008 when only four cases were recorded. Banda Aceh was one of the 10 districts or cities in Aceh where AI cases happened in 2008. Until now, no AI case involving humans had occurred in Aceh. The H5N1 virus that causes the Avian Influenza epidemic was rife in Indonesia in 2007 when a number of people also died of the disease. Based on data from related institutions, in the period June 2005 - March 2008, AI outbreaks happened in 11 of of Aceh province's 23 districts and cities, and in 41 of its 76 sub-districts. (wol22/ann) |
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