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 …
Scientists say an unusual strain of anthrax found in Taï National Park in Cote d’Ivoire is posing a serious threat to wildlife, including chimpanzees who may over time face extinction because of the bacterium. The new study comes from Ivorian National Animal Health Institute, along with the Robert Koch Institute …
Scientists have found high levels of antibiotic resistant pathogens in chickens being raised for eggs and meat in poultry farms in Punjab, raising serious health concerns for humans. Researchers from the US-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP) collected samples from 530 birds in 18 poultry farms in …
An outbreak of African swine fever in three districts of the Ashanti Region has led to the killing of over 400 pigs between May and June this year, the Veterinary Services Department has revealed. The affected communities are Adjaman and Amakom in the Bosomtwe District , Hemang near Santasi in …
NAIROBI, (Xinhua) -- Kenya is on high alert to prevent a looming rinderpest outbreak in the country, a senior official said on Friday. Jackson Nkoroi, a Senior Assistant Director of Veterinary Services said the disease could recur despite efforts to contain it since its eradication in the country in 2010. …
The Kano State Ministry of Agriculture yesterday confirmed that the avian flu influenza, otherwise known as bird flu had killed no fewer than 13,000 birds in nine farms across the state. The Federal Government had raised the alarm of possible outbreak of the disease in seven states of Kano, Katsina, …
So far, some regions have been hit by the disease, a move which forced the government to announce a special quarantine as a means to prevent it from spreading. The Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mr William Ole Nasha, told this paper in a telephone interview, yesterday, that …
A new outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease, which saw a ban on animal movement in three districts in eastern Rwanda has caused panic among herders and raised fear of a price hike in animal products. A temporarily ban that covers all movement of cows, goats, sheep and pigs as …
Dengue is the most important arthropod-borne viral infection of humans, it is established in the tropics worldwide, and its geographical expansion is expected to increase due to factors such as modern dynamics of climate change, globalization, travel, trade, poverty, unplanned urbanization, and viral evolution. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates …
THIKA (Xinhua) -- At least six people have been hospitalized and slaughter houses closed indefinitely in Kiambu County, eastern Kenya after a suspected outbreak of anthrax in the region. Kiambu County Director of Clinical Services Kiambu County Jacob Toro said that six people, who are all meat loaders at a …
Thika — A slaughterhouse in Makongeni, Thika has been shut down after six people were admitted at Thika level 5 Hospital following an anthrax outbreak suspected to have emanated from the abattoir. Kiambu County Chief Officer Health Stephen Njuguna told Nation by yesterday evening they had six reported cases. He …
Avian H9N2 and 2009 pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza viruses can infect pigs and humans, raising the concern that H9N2:pH1N1 reassortant viruses could emerge. Such reassortants demonstrated increased replication and transmissibility in pig, but were still inefficient when compared to pH1N1. Here, we evaluated if a reassortant virus containing the hemagglutinin …
Deadly infectious pandemics will mark humanity's future, as they have shaped its past. Neither individual governments nor the global community can entirely prevent the emergence of infectious threats. But we can be much better prepared. This report by the International Working Group on Financing Preparedness (IWG) proposes ways in which …
As a result of the quarantine, no meat or animal products including milk and ghee are allowed out of the area. The area, which lies at the northern extreme of Luweero district, accounts for an estimated 50% of all cows in Luweero. The foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a severe and …
Vets have ruled out an anthrax outbreak in Laikipia County where a suspected zoonotic disease has killed wild animals in the region. Hundreds of wild animals among them buffaloes, impalas and other herbivores have died in conservancies and ranches in the last two weeks. Conservancy owners believe the disease must …
Maiduguri — The Borno State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Haruna Mshelia, yesterday confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in Jere Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at a press briefing on the issue, Dr. Mshelia said the case was discovered at Zabramarri village near Maiduguri. He said: "On the …
The first case of foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea since March 2016 was confirmed, according to the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA). The ministry placed an immediate transport ban Monday on all live cattle and pigs across the country for 30 hours. For North Chungcheong and …
ROURKELA: Even as broiler poultry birds remain unaffected by the bird flu virus, an abrupt drop in consumption of chicken has been noticed over the last 25 days leaving poultry vendors and farmers in the lurch. Worried with the fall in sale of farm poultry products, the vendors have sought …
AHMEDABAD: Why did authorities shift H5N1-infected birds from Hathijan, on city outskirts, to densely populated Memnagar, at the centre of the city? A 96-year-old resident of Memnagar, Bhagwatiben Brahmbhatt raised the question before the Gujarat high court in a PIL, and on Tuesday, the bench of Chief Justice R S …
Incidentally, culling of poultry and bird of other exotic species had to be done in Hathijan village of Ahmedabad a few days ago after outbreak of bird flu was confirmed The series of bird deaths in Koshiya village of Jamnagar district continued as two more ducks were found dead on …
Ahmedabad: Many restaurants and hotels in the city have stopped serving chicken dishes on their own, to safeguard their custom from bird flu related complications, after the state government issued a bird flu alert on a 10-km radius around a poultry farm in Hathijan, Ahmedabad district. Some restaurants have begun …
