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Poultry deaths from bird flu on the rise
Thu, 08/07/2008 10:08 AM | The Archipelago
PURBALINGGA, C. Java: The number of poultry, mostly chickens, that died of bird flu in Purbalingga regency in the first half of 2008 has surpassed the 2007 total, the head of the local development planning agency said Wednesday.
"Some 58,000 poultry died of bird flu in 2007, while more than 60,000 died during the first six month of this year," Heni Ruslanto said.
"The poultry were confirmed to have died of bird flu."
Heni added people in the region had limited information about preventive health measures and how to handle bird flu cases.
"Therefore, we are calling related institutes to pay attention to this problem," he said. -- JP
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