Over 3,000 ostriches killed<\/p>\n
PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): The government has had more
\nthan 3,000 ostriches exterminated in a bid to curb the spread of
\nanthrax in Purwakarta, West Java.<\/p>\n
Director general of animal husbandry Sofyan Sudrajat said here
\non Monday the extermination of the large birds was a prompt and
\neffective move in combating the anthrax.<\/p>\n
The disease was reported at an ostrich farm belonging to PT
\nCisada Kema Sari in Purwakarta last December, killing at least
\n300 of the birds.<\/p>\n
\"In Purwakarta more than 180,000 livestock are threatened by
\nanthrax,\" Sofyan said. Other provinces liable to the disease
\ninclude East Nusa Tenggara, Irian Jaya, Sumatra, Lampung,
\nSulawesi, Jambi and Central Java.<\/p>\n
The government has vaccinated at least 50,000 livestock in
\nPurwakarta, some 90 kilometers east of Jakarta, since the
\noutbreak of the disease.<\/p>\n
\"Hopefully the vaccinations will be completed in March,\"
\nSofyan said.<\/p>\n
A Purwakarta resident reported suffering from a bleeding
\nulcer, a symptom of anthrax, after eating ostrich meat. (45\/sur)<\/p>",
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