FAQs ABOUT AVIAN INFLUENZA

Subject:

1. Introduction

2. What is cultivation of small-scale poultry?

3. How does the nature of the bird flu virus?

4. How to transmission and spread of bird flu

5. How symptoms of avian flu infected bird?

6. What dilakukam for our poultry free of bird flu?

7. What to do when we are exposed to poultry bird flu?

8. What does it mean Biosecurity?

9. Who are the vulnerable (high risk) bird flu?

10. How symptoms in humans exposed to bird flu?

11. How do we not affected by bird flu?



   
INTRODUCTION

As we all know that there has been contagious animal disease outbreaks of bird flu (Avian influenza / AI) in poultry since late 2003 accumulatively has spread to 22 provinces and 139 districts.

Facts on the ground shows that when a decline in the death of birds due to Avian Influenza / AI, it appears the expansion of epidemic areas and the emergence of AI in human victims. Decrease in cases in birds because it was done countermeasures such strict application of high biosecurity and vaccination, especially in: Sector 1 of the Integrated Mushroom Industry (Livestock major commercial that 20,000 to 50,000 fish) and 2 sector of Small Business Commercial Ranch (Ranch of maintaining chicken and a plasma with a scale of ownership from 1000 to 20,000 fish).

The cases that occurred in general on 3 sectors namely Commercial farming business (Ranch Small-scale independent ownership 1000-20000 tail) and 4 sectors namely Kampung Chicken Ranch and pet birds to have around 10 fish in which the application of low biosecurity.


 
1. WHAT IS A SMALL SCALE CULTIVATION ?

• Livestock-range chicken (ayam kampung=id) conducted the stairs at home, usually as a sideline.

• Ownership of a relatively small (less than 50 )

• Provision of feed and management simple (not using technology)

• The results for dikomsumsi by the family (sold what if more).


 
2. WHAT IS BIRD FLU?

• Bird flu or Avian Influenza (AI) is a highly contagious poultry disease caused by influenza type A (H5N1)

• This disease is contagious to humans (zoonoses), but the virus will cause death by heat, sunlight and disinfectants such as detergents, ammonium kuarterner, 2-5% formalin, iodioform complex (iodione), phenol compounds, sodium / potassium hypochlorite.


 
3. HOW NATURE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS?

• The incubation period of bird flu virus began ketubuh avian viral entry until symptoms develop or die is a few hours to 21 days.

• Virus resistance:

- The virus in meat would die at 80 0oC subs 1 minute or 70 0oC for 30 minutes;

- The virus in the eggs will die at a temperature of 64 0oC for 4.5 minutes;

- The virus can live on chicken manure for 34 days 4 0oC temperature;

- Virus diair survival temperature for 4 days and 22 0oC for 30 days at a temperature 0oC;

- The virus survived for 2 weeks after depopulasil pemusahan chicken, therefore it is filling the cage with a new chicken at least 1 month.


 
4. HOW transmission and spread of avian flu?

• The sick poultry droppings.

• Liquid / mucus from the nose, mouth, eyes

• Direct contact with sick poultry.

• Through the air, sprinkling the liquid / liquid mucus and vomit

• Water and equipment contaminated bird flu virus.

• Through the media, among others carrying the virus from sick chickens, wild birds and other animals, transportation equipment, such as equipment racks that tersemar egg / egg trrrray.


 
Also how to spread the bird flu virus can be through contact with manure and poultry droppings sick.


 
5. SYMPTOMS HOW infected poultry BIRD FLU VIRUS?

• Poultry weak conditions (staggered)

• Poultry memgantuk half asleep or with their heads touching the ground

• Hens started laying eggs, kerabangnya thin and then immediately stop laying

• Combs and oial blackish red to blue and swollen, accompanied by heavy bleeding tip of the tip

• Diarrhea, and poultry unusual thirst

• Breathing fast and hard

• decreased appetite


 
6. SO WHAT DO WE poultry DISEASE FREE FROM BIRD FLU?

• Given that eating and drinking adequate nutritious and guaranteed quality and cleanliness.

• Cage and cage equipment always dibersikan with disinfectant (detergent, etc.)

• Cleaning up the stable environment

• Conducted biosecurity to protect poultry contaminated by the possibility of bird flu virus and other diseases

• Avoid entering a new livestock, what if forced to be quarantined once

• Avoid mixing the return of poultry that have been out of the cage / breeders (for example, brought kepasar not sold, then brought back, it must be separated).

• A pen should be fenced around.

• Especially for water birds (ducks), create a fenced cage, if necessary must exist in the pool fence.

• Ensure stable and clean environment


 
7. WHAT TO DO IF WE poultry bird flu?

• Cattle are very sick immediately separated on an enclosed / insulated

• Immediately report to the local Animal Husbandry Department

• If the cattle are sick to death (off) immediately burned and buried, do not waste disembarang place.


 
HOW burial:

• Enter the carcasses along with the tools and other objects contaminated into a plastic bag.

• Holes try to bury the burned and buried in a hole away from active wells or ponds (in the hole on top of limestone scattered objects contaminated by them) and then backfilled.


 
8. WHAT IT MEANS biosecurity?

• Biosecurity is any action that is the first defense to control the outbreak and conducted to prevent any possibility of contact / infection with peternkan infected and spread disease.

• Implementation of biosecurity are usually arranged in a program that enables prevention of the disease do not fit in a single location infection-free farms.

• biosecurity measures include:

- Restrict traffic strictly contaminant materials (animal / poultry, poultry products, feed, feces, feathers, cage base)

- Maintenance of poultry in cages

- Avoid from wild birds

- Before and immediately after the cage wash (wash hands with soap)

- Limit contact with birds (those passing into the stall)

- Use a disinfectant to wash shoes, clothes, washing hands, feet, water and sanitation equipment.


 
9. WHO IS VULNERABLE (HIGH RISK) AI virus?

In general, anyone who intentionally or unintentionally contact with infected poultry or contaminated media that the bird flu virus can be affected by the disease, but the most vulnerable among others:

• Workers at the farm / farmer

• Cut the chicken

• Pedagan poultry (chicken, birds, geese, ducks, etc.)

• People who live near the shelter birds


 
10. HOW DO THE SYMPTOMS IN HUMANS bird flu?

• Fever (temperature above 38oC)

• Coughing and sore throat, muscle pain

• Shortness of breath

• Inflammation of the lungs (pneumonia)

• Eye infections

• Dizziness

• Nausea and abdominal pain

• Vomiting

• Diarrhea

• Exit the mucus from the nose

• No appetite


 
11. SO HOW CAN WE NOT bird flu?

• Washing hands with soap / diterjen and shower after working on the farm

• Avoid contact with sick poultry

• Use personal protective equipment (masks, gloves) when working in the stables / farm

• Clean the cage of dirt every day

• Wash / spray equipment with soap / detergent

• Prepare a bucket of water and soap at the door of the farm / barn and prepare sandals / special shoes into the stall

• Eat nutritious foods and adequate peristirahat

• To strengthen the immune system and reduce the impact of bird flu infection can consume turmeric (Curcuma domestika) and ginger (Curcuma xanthorrizha).

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