12.12.2012

A poultry breeders’ association had reported the death of more than 300,000 ducks in several provinces on Java island since November to the ministry.
The Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health in a circular letter explained that the duck deaths were caused by HPAI disease, subtype H5N1 with a clade 2.3, sub-clade 2.3.2. This clade is a new clade found for the first time in Indonesia, that is very different to the avian influenza found before, which is clade 2.1.