OIE – POULTRY DISEASE
April 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLBIRD flu is still ravaging Indonesian poultry production, according the latest figures released by the Office International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation. They show producers culling millions of chickens across Java and south Celebes farms and villages to prevent the disease spreading. From January, the OIE has noted 4.5 million susceptible fowl, sparking 333,000 culls. The organisation noted that some infections had been contracted from imported fighting cocks from other Asian countries. Disinfection, quarantine and ...
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