Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …

Botswana notifies WTO of foot and mouth disease outbreak

GENEVA (Reuters) - Botswana notified its trading partners on Tuesday of a suspected outbreak of foot and mouth disease in cattle in its Ngamiland district and said it had banned meat exports from the area, adding there was no impact on exports to the European Union. In a filing published …

Unidentified disease kills over 100 cattle in eastern Rwanda

KIGALI Rwanda (Xinhua) -- Livestock farmers and veterinary officers in eastern Rwanda have been baffled by an unidentified disease that they say has killed more than 100 cows in the past about three weeks. The disease broke out in Ngoma and Kirehe districts toward the end of May, farmers and …

Deadly blue tongue disease kills hundreds sheep and goats

Pastoralists in Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASAL) areas in Narok are counting losses after losing their sheep and goats to the deadly blue tongue disease. The viral disease characterised by excessive salivation, nasal discharge and protrusion of the tongue from the mouth, has reportedly killed hundreds of sheep and …

Malawi: 22 Die of Rabies in Mulanje, K17m Needed to Control Disease

At least 22 people have died of rabies in Mulanje as the government needs K17 million to buy vaccines for dogs and cats. Taurayi Mbengo from veterinary office in Mulanje said the deaths have occured from July last year. He said 1600 people had dog bites and were infected with …

District hospital claims to start H1N1 test, health dept says not easy

NOIDA: The district hospital authorities have claimed to provide a swine flu test for free from August. Chief medical superintendent (CMS) of the district hospital in Sector 30, Dr. Ajay Agarwal said he wrote to the health department on Thursday seeking reagents used in the H1N1 test. “I have sought …

What does the fox say? Monitoring antimicrobial resistance in the environment using wild red foxes as an indicator

The objective of this study was to estimate and compare the occurrence of AMR in wild red foxes in relation to human population densities. Samples from wild red foxes (n = 528) included in the Norwegian monitoring programme on antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from food, feed and animals were included. …

Nipah virus: Kerala breathes easy as officials say no fresh cases since May 30

Nipah outbreak in Kerala: With the last casualty being reported on May 30 and no new cases till now, officials say the virus scare has been averted to a large extent. Health officials in Kozhikode and Malappuram, districts most affected by the Nipah virus infection in Kerala, appear confident that …

Newcastle outbreak: 24,000 poultry birds vaccinated

GUURGRAM: The outbreak of Newcastle virus among peacocks, reported from Bhondsi on Friday, has prompted district authorities to take prompt action. On Monday, 24,142 poultry birds were vaccinated at poultry farms. The action was taken after deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh instructed officials of the animal husbandry and wildlife departments …

Poultry farm checks after Newcastle alarm

GURUGRAM: The district forest department has asked the animal husbandry department to carry out an inspection of all poultry farms in Gurugram, following an outbreak of Virulent Newcastle Disease (VND) among peacocks in the city. “The district forest officer has written to the deputy director, animal husbandry and dairying, Haryana, …

Fruit bats, rabbit test negative for Nipah

Samples of fruit bats and a rabbit collected from Soopikkada in Perambra, where the first cases of Nipah infection were reported, have also tested negative for the virus. The tests were conducted at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory in Bhopal. District animal husbandry officer AC Mohandas …

Bats falling victim to dehydration too

AHMEDABAD: With summer at its peak and cases of nausea and dehydration on the rise, even animals, including bats, are falling prey to dehydration. Amid the scare of Nipah virus being spread through bats, animal hospitals have been taking extra precautions while treating them. Close to 10 cases of bats …

Over 2900 pigs dead in Mizoram

Aizawl: Over 2,900 pigs and piglets have died in Mizoram because of the outbreak of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and classical swine fever (CSF) since March this year, officials said on Tuesday. Officials of the state animal husbandry and veterinary department said the PRRS outbreak originated from Zokhawthar …

New Zealand to cull 1,26,000 cows to end disease outbreak

New Zealand, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, will spend more than NZ$880 million ($610 million) in a bid to eradicate the mycoplasma bovis cattle disease, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday. About 1,26,000 cows are expected to be culled, mainly over the next two years, as government and industry …

New Zealand to cull more than 100,000 cows to eradicate Mycoplasma disease

New Zealand will become the first country in the world to try to eradicate the cow disease Mycoplasma bovis, culling tens of thousands of cows in the largest mass animal slaughter in the country’s history. Government and farming sector leaders have agreed to cull 126,000 cows and spend more than …

Zimbabwe: Foot and Mouth Hits Masvingo, Farmers Blast Government

The Veterinary Services Department is failing to combat the spread of foot and mouth disease with outbreaks now a perianal problem for cattle farmers in Masvingo province. An outbreak has hit Gutu district which became the latest hard-hit area after Chiredzi in just a month, forcing the veterinary department to …

Nipah spurs calls to use candidate medicine

The nipah virus outbreak in Kerala has prompted India's health research agency to propose reduction of the delays posed by the standard regulatory requirements for clinical trials and rapid deployment of candidate therapeutic molecules against rare and fatal infections on "compassionate grounds". The Indian Council of Medical Research had, on …

Zimbabwe: Beef Farmers Bitter As Government Fails to Contain Foot and Mouth

The Veterinary Services department is failing to combat the spread of foot and mouth in Masvingo province with Gutu being the latest district to be hit by the deadly disease. The latest outbreak comes after Chiredzi was hit a month ago forcing the veterinary department to issue an order restricting …

10 more swine flu cases in National Capital in one week

The latest Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), a report by the Health Ministry reveals 10 new cases of swine flu in the national Capital in the week ending on May 13. This year, a total of 55 cases have been reported in Delhi and two people have lost their lives …

Fever toll continues to rise, Nipah virus confirmed

KOZHIKODE: The National Virology Institute, Pune, confirmed that the contagious fever that has killed several people in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts over the last fortnight is due to Nipah virus (NiV). With six more people succumbing to symptoms suspected to be that of Nipah virus on Sunday, the current toll …

Framing the future for PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome)

The evolution of knowledge about porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is now enabling pork producers and their veterinarians to make headway combatting this difficult and costly disease.

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