Governor tells public to avoid poultry with bird flu symptoms<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Governor Sutiyoso warned Jakarta residents to be wary of avian
\nflu and to avoid eating fowl that displayed avian flu symptoms
\neven though the Jakarta Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Agency has
\nannounced that the avian flu strain found on several poultry
\nfarms in North Jakarta posed no dangers to humans.<\/p>\n
"In fact, birds that have the avian flu virus are safe to eat,
\nbut I would advise you to nevertheless be on your guard by not
\neating them," Sutiyoso told reporters at City Hall.<\/p>\n
Citing the results of the tests conducted by the Jakarta
\nAnimal Husbandry and Fisheries Agency, Sutiyoso said that the
\nsuspected outbreak of avian flu, which killed 450 quail on a farm
\nin Semper, North Jakarta, could only be transmitted to animals
\nand that it would be unlikely that it would jump to human.<\/p>\n
"The test results confirm that this avian flu strain is
\ndifferent from the strain behind the outbreak in Vietnam, which
\nis very harmful to human life," he said.<\/p>\n
He added that the relevant city agencies had taken
\nprecautionary measures by assigning more officers to monitor
\npoultry farms and poultry markets across the capital.<\/p>\n
"Those officers will also take blood samples from people who
\nare directly exposed to birds that have contracted the virus,
\nlike poultry breeders and bird traders," he said.<\/p>\n
So far, there had been no reports of people contracting avian
\nflu here.<\/p>\n
According to Sutiyoso, the administration's officers had also
\ndestroyed birds found to have avian flu so as to prevent the
\noutbreak from spreading.<\/p>\n
The administration has intensified the monitoring of livestock
\nentering the city's markets at around 100 check points across the
\ncapital.<\/p>\n
"Our officers will continue to carry out physical checks on
\nlivestock entering the city's markets even if they have been
\ndeclared healthy by the relevant agency in the place of origin,"
\nsaid an official at the Pulogadung check point.<\/p>\n
The symptoms of avian flu in birds include brownish crests,
\nreddish skin and rashes on the feet and head.<\/p>",
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