Isolating chickens from birds

Star: PETALING JAYA: Poultry farmers are netting their farms to prevent the domestic fowls from coming into contact with wild birds which could spread the avian flu virus.
Selangor and Federal Territory Poultry Traders Association adviser Datuk Dr Lee Chong Meng said the measure was to prevent wild birds from entering their farms.
“Minimising contact between chickens and wild birds can prevent the animals from being infected.”
He said farmers had also been told to take extra efforts to ensure hygiene at their farms to prevent any outbreak.
Lee also suggested a temporary ban on open slaughtering of chickens at all Kuala Lumpur wet markets “as a measure to prevent the possibility of the virus spreading to humans.”
He said chickens slaughtered and processed at slaughtering houses under a controlled environment was one way of preventing the virus from spreading.