na INLIS000000000018970 20250109092427 ta 250109 | | | 0010-0924000049 ARTVET0675 ARTVET0675 SUPRODJO HARDJOUTOMO KEJADIAN ANTRAKS PADA BURUNG UNTA DI PURWAKARTA JAWA BARAT, INDONESIA / SUPRODJO HARDJOUTOMO Vol. 12 No. 3 Balai Penelitian Veteriner, P.O. Box 52, Bogor 16114 : WARTAZOA, 2002 7 An anthrax outbreak in ostrich farm in the Regency of Purwakarta, West Java occurred in late of 1999. It is belived that the as the first reported anthrax outbreak of ostrich in Indonesia. A total number of 254 head of ostriches have had succumbed the disease and the death of ostriches has actually been commenced in August, 1999 until December, 1999. The anthrax diagnosis has been confirmed laboratorically by the Research Institute for Veterinary Science (RIVS), Bogor, West Java. It was found that 59 out of 130 pieces of processed ostrich skin samples were positive Bacillus anthracis. Whereas, 4 soil samples and frozen meats offals and body fat samples were all negative. In parallel of the outbreak of anthrax in Purwakarta, special action to be forced into the community as far as the veterinary policy of the Republic of Indonesia in concerned. ANTRAKS PADA BURUNG UNTA KOKO BARKAH M. BHAKTI POERWADIKARTA ARTVET0675