Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Indonesia
INDONESIA - This is a Follow-up report (No. 2) via OIE on the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Indonesia.
12 March 2004
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See also: 6 February 2004
Information received on 4 March 2004 from Dr Sofjan Sudarjat, Director General of Livestock Services, Department of Agriculture, Jakarta:
End of previous report period: 2 February 2004 (see Disease Information, 17 [6], 30, dated 6 February 2004).
End of this report period: 24 February 2004.
New outbreaks:
| Location | No. of outbreaks |
| West Java province | 2 districts |
| Central Java province | 5 districts |
| Yogyakarta province | 1 district |
| East Java province | 12 districts |
| Lampung province | 6 districts |
| Bali province | 1 district |
| West Kalimantan province* | 2 districts |
| Total | 29 districts |
* newly infected province
Description of affected population in the outbreaks: mostly layer/breeder hens.
Total number of animals in the outbreaks:
| species | susceptible | cases | deaths | destroyed | slaughtered |
| avi | 20,200,000 | ... | 1,500,000 | ... | ... |
Diagnosis:
A. Laboratories where diagnosis was made:
- Disease Investigation Centre Region IV, Yogyakarta;
- Disease Investigation Centre Region V, Banjarbaru;
- Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Bogor.
B. Diagnostic tests used:
- agar gel precipitation test;
- haemagglutination inhibition test;
- pathogenicity test;
- RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase - polymerase chain reaction);
- electron microscopy;
- DNA sequencing.
C. Causal agent: highly pathogenic avian influenza virus type A, subtype H5N1.
Source: Office International des Epizooties - 12th March 2004
