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Monday, July 19, 2010

Indonesia : Thousands of chickens in Bengkulu found dead

Via Antara News :

" Bengkulu : Thousands of chickens in three villages in Seluma district, Bengkulu province, were found dead in the past three weeks.The three villages are Suka Raja, Suka Maju and Dermayu. Hendri, an inhabitant, said on Sunday there were more than 1,000 chicken found dead from an unknown disease.

Fortunately the disease was predicted not to attack humans since there were no unusual cases of people having an unknown disease in the past weeks.Husen, another inhabitant, hoped the government would immediately investigate the phenomena. "We hope the government will form a team to investigate and conclude whether the cause of the sudden death of so many chicken here will also affect people," he said.

On the other hand, Central Coordinator for Avian Flu Disease in Bengkulu province, Emran Kuswadi, said he would soon send a team to the location."I will send my team to take some samples there," he said"

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