Bacterial infection killed over 10 fowls in Perak last week

Star: IPOH: The Perak Veterinary Services Depart-ment received between 10 and 15 reports of kampung chickens dying over the past week.
“The deaths are due to bacterial infection and not the H5N1 virus or avian influenza,” said the department's officer Dr Wan Mohd Kamil Wan Nik yesterday.
“We had responded immediately to each of the calls which came mainly from Batu Gajah and Chemor,” he added.
Dr Wan Mohd Kamil said the department was on the alert and would respond to reports of chicken deaths within 24 hours.
He added that the poultry farm in Taiping produced some one million eggs a day while the one in Bidor produced 850,000 eggs daily.
He noted that the public had been highly aware of chicken deaths and had been calling the department to report them.
“We are very happy with that, as the public can help us monitor the situation closely,” Dr Wan Mohd Kamil said.
He added that the public could call 05-5459111 or 05-5459122 or 05-5459133 to report chicken deaths in the state.
In Petaling Jaya, acting department director-general Datuk Dr Mustapa Jalil said tests were being conducted on the four dead birds found at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s campus in Section 13.
In Kota Kinabalu, state Agriculture and Food Industry Ministry Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail said the seven chicken deaths at Kampung Bukit Permai in Menggatal here were not due the H5N1 virus.
However, the officers were still investigating claims of another 150 chicken deaths in Kuala Penyu.
“Two of our teams have been going to the various kampungs in Kuala Penyu but they have not been able to locate the place,” he said.