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E AV

OID

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IAN

IN

FLU

ENZA

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HO

W T

O A

VO

ID A

VIA

N IN

FLU

ENZA

AT

HO

ME

1.B

e ca

refu

l of p

oultr

y ca

rcas

ses f

rom

the

mar

ket.

Was

h w

ith

soap

eac

h tim

e yo

u to

uch

or p

repa

re p

oultr

y m

eat f

or

cook

ing.

Duc

k m

eat i

s esp

ecia

lly d

ange

rous

. Use

a c

uttin

g bo

ard

that

is o

nly

for r

aw m

eat.

2.B

e ca

refu

l with

egg

s. W

ash

them

wel

l bef

ore

boili

ng. W

ash

your

han

ds w

ith so

ap a

fter t

ouch

ing

or b

reak

ing

eggs

.

3.C

ook

poul

try v

ery

wel

l. Ev

en a

littl

e re

d bl

ood

can

mak

e yo

u si

ck.

4.Pu

t coo

ked

mea

t on

a cl

ean

plat

e. D

o no

t use

a p

late

that

raw

m

eat w

as o

n un

til it

has

bee

n w

ashe

d an

d dr

ied.

5.W

ash

ever

ythi

ng th

at c

onta

cted

raw

mea

t, lik

e kn

ives

, cu

tting

boa

rds,

coun

ters

, and

pan

s with

soap

and

dry

it w

ell

befo

re u

sing

it a

gain

.

6.In

fect

ed p

oultr

y an

d eg

gs sh

ould

not

be

sold

in th

e m

arke

t. W

atch

out

for p

eopl

e w

ho b

utch

er si

ck a

nim

als a

nd se

ll th

em

just

so th

ey d

on’t

lose

mon

ey.

7.If

Avi

an In

fluen

za is

in y

our a

rea

avoi

d go

ing

to g

athe

rings

of

peo

ple.

Peo

ple

may

spre

ad th

e di

seas

e ev

en b

efor

e th

ey

begi

n to

feel

sick

.

8.If

you

get

sick

with

feve

r and

a c

old

seek

med

ical

hel

p im

med

iate

ly.

9.A

ll fa

mily

mem

bers

of s

omeo

ne w

ho g

ets s

ick

shou

ld st

ay a

t ho

me

for 1

0 da

ys to

pre

vent

spre

adin

g si

ckne

ss to

oth

er

peop

le.

10.P

rote

ct y

ours

elf w

ith a

mas

k, g

love

s and

car

eful

was

hing

w

hene

ver y

ou h

elp

som

eone

with

Avi

an In

fluen

za.

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PEN

VIL

LAG

E AV

OID

S AV

IAN

IN

FLU

ENZA

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rnat

iona

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hors

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arto

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ed b

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hfri

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hio

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k Tu

lahs

eket

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trate

d by

: C

athy

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lett

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e Pa

scha

l

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erpe

n V

illag

e A

void

s Avi

an In

fluen

za

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Inte

rnat

iona

l, 20

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Te

rpen

Vill

age

Avo

ids A

vian

Influ

enza

SIL

Inte

rnat

iona

l has

cre

ated

thes

e A

vian

Flu

edu

catio

nal m

ater

ials

as a

se

rvic

e to

com

mun

ities

aro

und

the

Wor

ld. A

ny o

r all

parts

of t

he

mat

eria

ls, i

nclu

ding

the

illus

tratio

ns, m

ay b

e co

pied

, rep

rodu

ced

or

adap

ted

in o

rder

to m

eet l

ocal

nee

ds w

ith th

e pr

ovis

ion

that

the

item

s re

prod

uced

are

dis

tribu

ted

free

or a

t cos

t—no

t for

pro

fit.

A

per

son

or o

rgan

izat

ion

wis

hing

to c

opy,

repr

oduc

e, o

r ada

pt th

ese

mat

eria

ls fo

r com

mer

cial

pur

pose

s sho

uld

first

obt

ain

perm

issi

on fr

om

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rnat

iona

l

Cop

ies o

f thi

s boo

klet

may

be

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hase

d at

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ial S

enta

ni

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pura

, Pap

ua

Indo

nesi

a

Firs

t edi

tion

2005

Y

our v

illag

e ca

n al

so p

rote

ct y

our f

amili

es a

nd

anim

als

from

this

and

oth

er s

uch

dise

ases

. •

Wor

k to

geth

er,

•Le

arn

how

dis

ease

s sp

read

, •

Prev

ent t

he d

isea

se fr

om s

prea

ding

so

that

yo

u do

n’t g

et s

ick,

and

•

Lear

n ho

w to

kee

p yo

ur a

nim

als

heal

thy

so

they

will

resi

st d

isea

ses.

35

N

o-on

e el

se g

ot s

ick

and

the

chic

kens

all

stay

ed h

ealth

y.

A m

onth

late

r, th

e vi

llage

rs h

elpe

d N

ano

get

his

chic

ken

pen

read

y. T

hey

gave

hen

s an

d a

roos

ter s

o th

at h

e co

uld

star

t a n

ew fl

ock.

The

vi

llage

rs c

ontin

ued

thei

r pre

caut

ions

so

that

Avi

an

Flu

and

othe

r dis

ease

s w

ould

not

ent

er th

eir

villa

ge.

34

Fore

wor

d

Avi

an In

fluen

za a

lias B

ird F

lu h

as p

rove

n its

dan

gero

us n

atur

e by

da

mag

ing

the

poul

try in

dust

ry o

f sev

eral

cou

ntrie

s, it

can

also

cau

se

seve

re e

cono

mic

loss

thro

ugh

the

wid

espr

ead

deat

h of

chi

cken

s. A

side

fro

m th

at it

has

cau

sed

sign

ifica

nt a

larm

bec

ause

of i

ts a

bilit

y to

spre

ad

to h

uman

s. F

or th

ese

reas

ons B

ird F

lu m

ust b

e co

ntai

ned.

We

hope

this

stor

y w

ill g

ive

info

rmat

ion

abou

t Bird

Flu

in a

way

th

at is

eas

ily u

nder

stoo

d by

all

who

read

it, s

tarti

ng w

ith si

gns o

f Bird

Fl

u in

chi

cken

s and

pro

vidi

ng a

stra

tegy

for p

reve

ntin

g its

spre

ad.

Th

ank

you

to S

IL In

tern

atio

nal.

We

grea

tly v

alue

you

r pub

licat

ion

of th

is b

ook

that

will

pro

vide

val

uabl

e le

sson

s to

com

mun

ities

and

the

publ

ic a

bout

Avi

an In

fluen

za.

Drh

. Ind

arto

Hea

d of

Ani

mal

Dis

ease

Div

isio

n

Dep

t. of

Ani

mal

Hus

band

ry:

Papu

a Pr

ovin

ce, I

ndon

esia

T

he H

ealth

Clin

ic s

ent N

ina

to a

spe

cial

uni

t/

war

d in

the

hosp

ital t

o is

olat

e he

r for

obs

erva

tion

and

treat

men

t. H

er m

othe

r, w

ent w

ith h

er. N

ina

was

ver

y si

ck fo

r a w

eek

befo

re g

ettin

g be

tter.

Then

they

wer

e al

low

ed to

retu

rn h

ome.

33

N

ina,

Nan

o’s

2 ye

ar o

ld g

irl, h

ad p

laye

d w

ith

the

sick

chi

cken

s. S

he a

lso

got s

ick

with

a fe

ver,

fast

bre

athi

ng a

nd a

runn

y no

se. T

hey

took

her

to

the

tow

n cl

inic

sin

ce s

he m

ight

hav

e A

vian

In

fluen

za in

fect

ion.

P

aulu

s to

ld N

ano’

s fa

mily

, “st

ay a

t hom

e, a

void

othe

r peo

ple

for 1

0 da

ys, a

nd c

onta

ct m

e if

anyo

ne e

lse

gets

sic

k.”

32

1

Man

tri P

aulu

s re

turn

ed fr

om th

e m

arke

t with

bad

new

s fo

r the

vill

ager

s of

Ter

pen.

He

told

Isak

, the

vill

age

chie

f and

the

othe

rs, “

A n

ew

dise

ase

calle

d A

vian

Influ

enza

or B

ird F

lu h

as

kille

d al

mos

t all

the

bird

s in

tow

n, e

spec

ially

chic

kens

and

duc

ks.

A fe

w c

hick

en a

nd d

uck

farm

ers

are

very

ill i

n

the

prov

inci

al h

ospi

tal.

The

new

s sa

ys th

is

dise

ase

calle

d A

vian

Influ

enza

has

spr

ead

to

man

y co

untri

es a

nd is

kill

ing

half

of th

e pe

ople

who

get

it.”

2

A

few

day

s la

ter N

ano

got s

ick

with

a ru

nny

nose

and

oth

er s

igns

of a

col

d. M

antri

Pau

lus

imm

edia

tely

che

cked

him

, but

he

neve

r got

a

feve

r so

they

just

isol

ated

him

from

oth

er p

eopl

e an

d w

atch

ed h

im c

lose

ly.

31

W

hen

all t

he te

sts

wer

e fin

ishe

d, h

e re

porte

d to

C

hief

Isak

, “O

ur te

sts

prov

ed th

at th

e di

seas

e in

th

is v

illag

e w

as tr

uly

Avi

an In

fluen

za.”

30

“Man

y bi

g br

oile

r chi

cken

or e

gg fa

rms

in th

e ci

ty

are

unde

r stri

ct g

uard

. Vet

erin

ary

wor

kers

are

patro

lling

the

mar

ket,

isol

atin

g in

fect

ed fa

rms,

givi

ng v

acci

nes

and

dest

royi

ng d

ead

bird

s.”

3

Then

Pau

lus

spok

e to

his

frie

nd N

ano,

“Did

you

r

roos

ter w

in th

e co

ckfig

ht la

st w

eek,

Nan

o? T

he

plac

e w

here

they

hol

d co

ckfig

hts,

is c

ance

lled

for

fear

of i

nfec

tion.

Som

e ro

oste

rs th

at fo

ught

last

wee

k ha

ve d

ied

of B

ird F

lu.“

4

T

wo

days

from

now

I w

ill re

turn

. I m

ust t

ake

bloo

d sa

mpl

es a

nd n

ose

scra

ping

s fro

m th

ese

chic

kens

to m

ake

sure

the

vacc

ine

is g

ood.

”

29

A

gus

said

, “Yo

u do

a g

ood

job

with

you

r ch

icke

ns, t

hey

are

very

hea

lthy.

It is

goo

d to

kee

p th

em fe

nced

. K

eep

guar

d th

at s

trang

ers

and

frien

ds d

o no

t brin

g co

ntam

inat

ed it

ems

or

anim

als

to y

our v

illag

e. P

leas

e ke

ep w

atch

for a

ny

sick

ani

mal

s or

hum

ans.

Isol

ate

and

repo

rt th

em

right

aw

ay.

28

C

hief

Isak

, ask

ed, “

How

is it

spr

eadi

ng,”?

Pau

lus

expl

aine

d, “T

his

dise

ase

star

ts w

ith

sick

wild

or t

ame

bird

s an

d th

en it

get

s on

anim

als,

peo

ple

and

thin

gs th

roug

h di

rect

con

tact

.

Then

they

car

ry th

e di

seas

e fro

m p

lace

to p

lace

.

5

The

germ

s ca

n tra

vel t

hrou

gh th

e ai

r on

the

win

d

and

mak

e an

imal

s an

d pe

ople

ver

y si

ck. I

t sta

rts

just

like

a c

old

but c

an q

uick

ly k

ill p

eopl

e.”

6

T

he n

ext m

orni

ng A

gus

the

vete

rinar

y w

orke

r ca

me.

He

was

hed

his

hand

s w

ith s

oap

and

put o

n sp

ecia

l clo

thes

, a m

ask

and

glov

es. H

e st

arte

d va

ccin

atin

g ch

icke

ns. H

e be

gan

on th

e fa

r sid

e of

th

e vi

llage

.

27

T

hey

did

not f

ind

any

othe

r sic

k ch

icke

ns in

the

villa

ge. T

hey

wer

e ve

ry th

ankf

ul.

Whe

n th

ey fi

nish

ed, e

ach

fam

ily to

ok s

ome

clea

n bl

each

wat

er a

nd c

lean

ed th

eir o

wn

chic

ken

pens

. The

n th

ey a

ll w

ent t

o th

e st

ream

. The

y w

ashe

d th

emse

lves

and

thei

r clo

thes

thor

ough

ly

with

soa

p. T

hey

wer

e ve

ry ti

red

but s

atis

fied

that

th

ey h

ad d

one

a go

od jo

b.

26

The

villa

gers

of T

erpe

n w

orrie

d ab

out t

heir

fam

ilies

and

thei

r chi

cken

s. C

hief

Isak

cal

led

a

mee

ting

and

they

dis

cuss

ed w

ays

that

they

cou

ld

prev

ent t

he b

ird fl

u. T

hey

deci

ded

to a

dopt

sev

eral

prac

tices

to p

rote

ct th

eir v

illag

e:

7

F

ence

thei

r chi

cken

s an

d en

sure

thei

r goo

d

heal

th w

ith c

lean

food

, cle

an w

ater

con

tain

ers

and

clea

n ca

ges.

Use

bam

boo

cage

s or

bas

kets

to ta

ke th

eir

prod

uce

to m

arke

t. Th

en th

ey w

ould

bur

n th

em to

avoi

d br

ingi

ng h

ome

infe

ctio

n.

8

P

aulu

s an

d hi

s w

orkg

roup

wen

t to

the

far s

ide

of th

e vi

llage

. The

y w

ore

glov

es a

nd fa

ce c

loth

s to

keep

them

selv

es fr

om g

ettin

g si

ck. T

hey

caug

ht

and

chec

ked

all t

he v

illag

e ch

icke

ns. T

o ke

ep

from

spr

eadi

ng a

ny d

isea

se, t

hey

was

hed

afte

r

hand

ling

each

chi

cken

. The

y fin

ishe

d at

Nan

o’s

hous

e an

d m

et u

p w

ith th

e ot

her g

roup

.

25

T

he g

roup

kne

w th

at if

any

oth

er c

hick

ens

in

the

villa

ge g

ot s

ick,

all

the

chic

kens

with

in a

kilo

met

er o

f Nan

o’s

hous

e w

ould

be

kille

d to

prev

ent s

prea

d of

this

dis

ease

. Agu

s w

ould

che

ck

thei

r vill

age

the

next

day

.

24

E

xpla

in th

e di

seas

e to

thei

r chi

ldre

n an

d

have

them

sho

o w

ild b

irds

away

at c

hick

en

feed

ing

time.

Was

h th

emse

lves

with

soa

p in

the

river

befo

re re

turn

ing

to th

eir v

illag

e of

Ter

pen.

9

T

hey

wou

ld n

ot a

dd a

ny o

utsi

de c

hick

ens

to

thei

r vill

age

until

the

risk

of A

vian

flu

was

pas

t

Rep

ort a

ny s

ick

chic

ken

or p

erso

n to

Paul

us o

r Chi

ef Is

ak im

med

iate

ly.

For

bid

anyo

ne to

brin

g ch

icke

ns, e

ggs,

or

man

ure

to th

e vi

llage

from

out

side

Ter

pen.

10

T

hen

they

mix

ed o

ne g

lass

of b

leac

h in

a

buck

et o

f wat

er a

nd s

pray

ed th

e pl

aces

chi

cken

s

wen

t tha

t cou

ld n

ot b

e bu

rned

. Whe

n th

e fir

e di

ed,

they

sho

vele

d di

rt ov

er th

e as

hes

in th

e ho

le a

nd

clos

ed it

up

com

plet

ely.

23

E

very

thin

g th

at N

ano’

s flo

ck h

ad to

uche

d,

man

ure,

egg

tray

s, n

estin

g ba

sket

s, a

nd fo

od th

ey

adde

d to

the

fire.

The

y ca

ught

, kille

d, a

nd b

urne

d

all t

he c

hick

ens

that

had

bee

n sc

ratc

hing

nea

r

Nan

o’s

hous

e.

22

V

acci

nate

thei

r chi

cken

s if

the

Dep

t of

Agr

icul

ture

adv

ised

them

to. T

hey

didn

’t ha

ve a

ny

way

to k

eep

vacc

ine

cold

in T

erpe

n.

Eac

h pe

rson

wou

ld s

ave

one

tent

h of

thei

r

egg

mon

ey to

buy

vac

cine

or r

esto

ck in

cas

e th

ey

lost

all

thei

r chi

cken

s.

11

A

t roo

stin

g tim

e th

at n

ight

Nan

o’s

priz

e fig

htin

g

roos

ter w

as s

ick.

It’s

com

b w

as s

wol

len

and

blue

.

Ther

e w

as fl

uid

com

ing

from

it’s

eye

s an

d no

se,

and

its l

eg h

ad a

red

stre

ak a

long

it. I

t cou

ldn’

t

crow

pro

perly

.

N

ano

imm

edia

tely

repo

rted

to P

aulu

s sa

ying

,

“Hel

p, m

y pr

ize

roos

ter i

s si

ck!

12

N

ano

and

Chi

ef Is

ak le

d a

crew

that

dug

a

larg

e ho

le 1

.5 m

eter

s de

ep a

bout

20

met

ers

from

the

chic

ken

pen.

The

y m

ade

a fir

e in

the

botto

m.

Wea

ring

face

clo

ths

and

glov

es, t

hey

kille

d an

d

burn

ed a

ll of

Nan

o’s

chic

kens

. The

y ga

ther

ed a

ll

Nan

o’s

chic

ken

equi

pmen

t and

bur

ned

it to

o.

21

J

ust a

s A

gus

the

vete

rinar

y w

orke

r had

inst

ruct

ed t

hem

, Pau

lus

and

Nan

o ca

lled

loud

ly

for a

ll th

e vi

llage

rs to

gat

her a

t Nan

o’s

hous

e.

They

repo

rted

the

info

rmat

ion

and

form

ed tw

o

wor

k gr

oups

.

20

P

aulu

s an

d N

ano

tied

clot

hs a

roun

d th

eir f

aces

and

wor

e gl

oves

to a

void

get

ting

sick

them

selv

es.

They

che

cked

eac

h of

Nan

o’s

hens

and

chi

cks.

They

was

hed

in a

buc

ket o

f soa

py w

ater

afte

r

each

hen

so

that

they

wou

ld n

ot s

prea

d an

y

dise

ase

to o

ther

chi

cken

s.

13

N

ano’

s si

ck ro

oste

r was

left

in it

s ow

n ca

ge.

Two

hens

and

one

chi

ck w

ere

put i

n a

bask

et

beca

use

they

wer

e si

ck.

They

lock

ed u

p N

ano’

s

othe

r chi

cken

s in

his

pen

. Pau

lus

was

a h

ealth

wor

ker.

He

thou

ght t

his

coul

d be

Avi

an In

fluen

za.

14

P

aulu

s an

d N

ano

stop

ped

at th

e st

ream

and

was

hed

thor

ough

ly w

ith s

oap

befo

re e

nter

ing

thei

r

villa

ge. T

hey

did

not w

ant t

o in

fect

thei

r vill

age

with

con

tam

inat

ed c

loth

es o

r bod

ies.

19

H

ere

are

inst

ruct

ions

for w

hat y

ou m

ust d

o to

prot

ect t

he p

eopl

e of

Ter

pen

villa

ge. T

ake

thes

e

glov

es a

nd th

is b

ottle

of b

leac

h. I

will

com

e

tom

orro

w a

nd c

heck

you

r wor

k. I’

ll va

ccin

ate

all

the

heal

thy

villa

ge c

hick

ens.

”

18

T

hen

Nan

o an

d Pa

ulus

wen

t to

the

stre

am,

was

hed

thor

ough

ly a

nd w

ent h

ome.

Nex

t mor

ning

all

the

othe

r vill

ager

s ke

pt th

eir

own

chic

kens

pen

ned

whe

re th

ey w

ould

not

get

expo

sed

to a

ny s

ick

chic

kens

. Pau

lus

and

Nan

o

chec

ked

the

sick

chi

cken

s ag

ain.

The

sic

k he

ns

wer

e st

ill a

live

but w

orse

.

15

T

he ro

oste

r was

dea

d. T

hey

plac

ed it

in a

plas

tic b

ag a

nd th

ey b

urne

d th

e ca

ge it

had

bee

n

in. P

aulu

s an

d N

ano

took

the

dead

roos

ter t

o

tow

n to

see

if it

had

die

d fro

m A

vian

Influ

enza

.

16

T

he v

eter

inar

y w

orke

r, Ag

us, c

heck

ed it

. H

e

said

, “Th

is is

alm

ost c

erta

inly

Avi

an In

fluen

za.

I

will

dest

roy

this

dea

d ro

oste

r.

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