Via Ida at Bird Flu Information Corner, a report translated from Media Indonesia: West Sulawesi ::: Bird flu uprises in 2010. Excerpt:
Avian influenza or bird flu H5N1 prevalence in West Sulawesi province is uprising in September 2010.
Bird flu first emerged in West Sulawesi 2005 and had been spreading during 2006 to 2007, said the Head of Agriculture and Livestock Service (Distanak) of West Sulawesi province. For control purpose, West Sulawesi has been assisted by 39 members of Participatory Disease and Surveillance (PSDR), a collaboration work between Indonesia Ministry of Agriculture with FAO Australia.
Even though the number of personnel is inadequate, but generally they have been able to control bird disease spreading in 2008 to 2009.
However, the disease spreading has been increasing in September 2010. From 2009 until now, according to PDSR data, there have been 43 cases reported in Polman.
