SUPRODJO HARDJOUTOMO text Balai Penelitian Veteriner, P.O. Box 52, Bogor 16114 WARTAZOA 2002 Vol. 12 No. 3

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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. SUPRODJO HARDJOUTOMO ANTRAKS PADA BURUNG UNTA ARTVET0675 ARTVET0675 250109 20250109092427 INLIS000000000018970 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.106 2014/12/19)