Department of Agriculture and Food Security (DPKP) Tangerang Regency, Banten. is now mitigating the risk of transmission of the New Clade Avian Flu virus before it becomes an Extraordinary Event (KLB) of a disease transmitted from poultry in the area.
“So far we have prepared several mitigation measures to prevent the new variant of bird flu from entering Tangerang Regency,” said the Head of the Tangerang Regency DPKP, Asep Jatnika to ANTARA in Tangerang, Thursday.
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He mentioned, the mitigation that was carried out included coordinating with agencies related to increasing awareness of cases Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) which is zoonotic.
Then, it will re-activate Partisipatory Disease Surveilans and Response (PDSR) by conducting surveillance and responding if there are reports and cases that lead to Avian Influenza are found.
“We provide guidance to poultry owners/breeders regarding vigilance and reporting if clinical signs are found that lead to Avian Influenza, namely decreased production and sudden death,” he said.
Furthermore, he said, the DPKP of Tangerang Regency will monitor livestock traffic and report to the latest Indonesian animal health information system/i-Sikhnas on clinical signs that lead to Avian Influenza.
“Responding to reports/information on suspected Avian Influenza and coordinating with the Subang Veterinary Center for sampling,” he said.
Head of the Animal and Veterinary Public Health Division of the DPKP Tangerang Regency, Joko Ismadi, added that so far Tangerang Regency has not found any cases of Avian influenza infecting poultry.
However, he continued, his party had conducted surveillance of several poultry suspected of being infected with bird flu.
“Yesterday we took samples to determine whether the bird was infected with the new or old variant. And there was one tail, so we will continue to monitor its progress,” he said.
He explained, Avian influenza (AI) is an acute variant in poultry caused by type A influenza virus, subtypes H5 and H7.
According to him, all types of poultry can be infected with the influenza A virus, which is zoonotic and the mortality rate is very high because it can reach 100 percent.
“Transmission can occur through direct contact of infected birds and sensitive birds through the respiratory tract, conjunctiva, mucus and feces, or indirectly through dust, feed, drinking water, staff, cage equipment, shoes, clothes and vehicles contaminated with the AI virus and infected live birds,” he said.
Previously, the emergence of two cases of death due to a new variant of bird flu, namely New Clade 2.3.4.4b influenza A or H5N1 virus in Cambodia again made a number of countries including Indonesia apply vigilance.
From the previous bird flu cases that appeared in Indonesia in 2005, and at that time H5N1 cases were found in Jakarta with a higher rate than other areas in the country.
Then, in 2006 there were 55 cases with a high mortality rate reaching 45 cases.
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