Central Jakarta Monitors Chicken Slaughterhouses
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Central Jakarta Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Office raided 16 chicken slaughterhouses and exterminated 400 fowl that were killed en route to the slaughterhouse.

Higher Sales Reported in Q1 by CP Indonesia
INDONESIA - Charoen Pokphand Indonesia (CPI) has announced its first quarter (Q1) results, including a doubling of profits as the result of higher sales.

WHO: AI Situation in Indonesia
INDONESIA - The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced two new confirmed cases of human infection with the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus.

Improved Bird Flu Reporting System Set Up
INDONESIA - CSIRO Animal Health Lab has commissioned Mitrais to deploy system to report on avian influenza.

Backyard Production to be Phased out
INDONESIA - The authorities have set in motion their plan to prohibit small-scale poultry production in Jakarta by 2010.

Two Human Bird Flu Cases Reported
JAKARTA - A two-year old Indonesian girl has died on avian influenza, and another nine-year old girl has been infected by the virus, health ministry reported yesterday.

Poultry Sales Restricted to Combat Bird Flu
INDONESIA - The government has plans to close all live markets for poultry meat to small vendors by 2010 in order to help control avian influenza.

Indonesia Denies New Case of Bird Flu Death
JAKARTA - Indonesian Health Ministry today denied foreign reports that a 15-year-old girl from Central Java had died of avian influenza, saying two laboratory tests had showed her blood samples negative of H5N1.

Threat of Bird Flu Pandemic Remains
INDONESIA - A report warns that although there have been no human cases of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) since July, the threat of a pandemic still exists.

Good Times for Feed Producers
INDONESIA - Poultry feed producers in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, are benefiting from the global financial crisis as prices of their ingredients plunge, the industry association chairman said.

Ministry Outlines Plans for Poultry
INDONESIA - Among yesterdays's announcements is that the government will ban small-scale poultry production by 2010 in an attempt to gain control avian flu. A group from Tajikistan is visiting the country to find out how the dangers of bird flu are taught...

Indonesia Reports H5N1 Decline in Poultry Flocks
INDONESIA - An agriculture ministry official in Indonesia who spoke at a pandemic planning conference for businesses said the number of poultry outbreaks caused by the H5N1 avian influenza virus is declining.

Charoen Pokphand in Healthy Profit
INDONESIA - Charoen Pokphand, Indonesia's largest animal feed and processed chicken manufacturer, forecasts net profits to more than double this year as the result of higher sales and strong selling prices.

North Sulawesi Distributes Bird Flu Vaccine
INDONESIA - The North Sulawesi provincial administration has distributed thousands of ampules of vaccines against avain influenza among poultry breeders in an effort to prevent the spread of the disease.

Indonesia Ends Ban on US Poultry
INDONESIA - The temporary ban on the import of poultry from the USA has been lifted.

Jayapura Poultry on Verge of Collapse
INDONESIA - Poultry producers in Jayapura are verging on bankruptcy as competition flares up at a time of high feed costs and low returns.

Two More Human Deaths from Bird Flu
INDONESIA - World Health Organization has received official reports of two more human fatalities from avian flu, bringing the total so far this year to 26.

Indonesia Self Sufficient in Chicken and Eggs
INDONESIA - Indonesia has been self-sufficient in chicken meat and eggs for years but the domestic poultry industry is not making progress, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said.

Indonesia Dismisses Flu Mutation Fears
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Indonesia dismissed fears of a virus re-assortment between avian and human seasonal influenza strains in a 2007 human death involving bird flu infection, the country's health ministry senior official said here.

Bird Flu Circling Indonesia Could Spiral into Pandemic
INDONESIA - The high prevalence of readily circulating bird flu in Indonesia may have much more serious implications than simply affecting farmers and trade. Earlier Today the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), warned that a situation such as this...

US Denies Biological Bird Flu Weapons
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - The United States has flatly denied allegations it was producing biological weapons from bird flu samples sent by Indonesia to the World Health Organization, the English daily The Jakarta Post reported Monday.

Bird Flu Fears Hit Restaurant Demands
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Demand for poultry meat in Indonesian restaurants has seen a large drop recently as the consumer fears of Avian Flu is brought to market.

Bird Flu Beneath the Microscope: A Physicians View
INDONESIA - Physicians from countries affected by the deadly H5N1 influenza virus have presented case reports about antiviral use in patients infected with H5N1, including treatment with the oral antiviral TAMIFLU(R) (oseltamivir).

Ordinance Unravels Knotty Poultry Industry
INDONESIA - Vendors selling chicken at East Jakarta's Pasar Rebo market can only be found after a walk through the depths of the market, a jungle of kiosks selling plastic household wares, garments and vegetables.

Indonesia Records 117 Bird Flu Patients
JAKARTA - A 16-year-old Indonesian girl from an outskirts city of Jakarta has been infected by avian influenza, putting the total number of cases in the hardest-hit country to 117 with 94 fatalities, the health ministry said here Friday.