Animal Diseases

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 …

Bird flu scare: Guinea fowls, ducks, turkey among 1,500 culled poultry in Ahmedabad

A team from Health Ministry set to visit the site today. Fearing the spread of avian influenza (H5N1) to other areas, about 1,500 birds, many of them rare, at an animal helpline — Asha Foundation — in Ahmedabad were culled by the state animal husbandry department Wednesday. The process to …

Bird flu scare badly hit chicken and egg business in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: With deaths of birds reported from several places and cases of bird flu confirmed in the state, chicken and egg business has got affected badly in the capital city. Traders said, they made huge loss during the picnic and feasting season of Christmas and New Year as the sale …

Epidemiology of human Anthrax in China, 1955−2014

Using national surveillance data for 120,111 human anthrax cases recorded during 1955−2014, we analyzed the temporal, seasonal, geographic, and demographic distribution of this disease in China. After 1978, incidence decreased until 2013, when it reached a low of 0.014 cases/100,000 population. The case-fatality rate, cumulatively 3.6% during the study period, …

Assessment of Kenya's preparedness to disasters caused by natural hazards: floods, drought and disease outbreak

This report details the findings of the study on Kenya's preparedness for floods, drought and disease outbreaks – human and animal. It looks at preparedness at the national and subnational level focusing on Mandera and Migori counties. This study began in March 2016 and forms part of a study that …

Bird flu: Netherlands culls 190,000 ducks

Poultry farmers have been advised to take measures to prevent the disease spreading About 190,000 ducks have been culled in the Netherlands as the authorities try to prevent the spread of bird flu across northern European countries. The slaughter involved six farms, following the discovery of a virus in the …

Sultanpur park shut after 5 dead ducks found in Hisar

Authorities in Gurgaon closed the Sultanpur National Park “until further notice”, as a “precautionary measure” a day after samples from five dead ducks found in Hisar tested positive for bird flu. The ducks were found at Blue Bird Tourist Complex in Hisar on November 1 and had been sent for …

Rapid response teams, special check-posts to prevent bird flu

Special teams will monitor poultry farms in Namakkal to prevent the spread of the avian influenza that has been reported in Alappuzha region in Kerala, and checkposts have been put up on Coimbatore-Kerala border to prevent the entry of flu-infected poultry birds. The district administration in Namakkal has formed 50 …

Odisha government puts districts on high alert over bird flu scare

With avian influenza outbreak reported in some parts of the country, the Health Department has sounded all chief district medical officers (CDMOs) to prepare a contingency plan for surveillance. Process to deploy rapid response teams, screening, case management facility and measures for protection of officials during culling need to be …

Pathogenesis and transmission of novel HPAI H5N2 and H5N8 avian influenza viruses in ferrets and mice

A novel highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 virus, first detected in January 2014 in poultry and wild birds in South Korea, has spread throughout Asia and Europe, and caused outbreaks in Canada and the United States by the end of the year. The spread of H5N8 and the novel …

Bird flu confirmed in Kottayam

Humans will not contract virus, culling to begin tomorrow With all the 12 samples sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, diagnosed as positive, the authorities have kick-started anti-bird flu offensive in the district. According to J. Hariharan of the Animal Husbandry Department, the birds are …

Another bird dies in Delhi zoo, H5N1 Avian Influenza suspected

"The Centre-appointed Committee to look into the bird flu situation at the zoo has also been apprised of the death," a zoo official said. Another water bird succumbed to suspected H5N1 Avian Influenza at the National Zoological Park here today. “A rosy pelican died at the zoo today. We have …

Centre issues bird flu alert

Vaccination is one process through which the birds can be protected but it is not followed in India. Hyderabad: The Centre has issued a health advisory to poultry owners to minimise human-bird interface due to avian influenza being reported in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. Poultry owners in TS have been …

Bird flu outbreak in Kerala worries Tamil Nadu farmers

CHENNAI: Outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Upper Kuttanadu region in Kerala has sent the poultry farmers in Tamil Nadu in a quandary as it may hit their trade and the top authorities of the government have initiated precautionary measures. A large number of ducks have been …

Avian flu: Bird sites, poultry farms put on alert

BHUBANESWAR: With avian influenza being reported from different parts of the country, the Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department of Odisha has asked the districts to keep a watch on unusual mortality among birds and report them without delay. The major birding sites of the State, including the 1100 sq …

Climate forcing of an emerging pathogenic fungus across a montane multi-host community

Changes in the timings of seasonality as a result of anthropogenic climate change are predicted to occur over the coming decades. While this is expected to have widespread impacts on the dynamics of infectious disease through environmental forcing, empirical data are lacking. Here, we investigated whether seasonality, specifically the timing …

Suspected bird flu wipes out all painted storks at Gwalior zoo

GWALIOR: Six more painted storks died between last night and this morning at the municipal zoo here taking the number of birds which died due to a suspected new sub-type of bird flu at the zoo to 24. With this, the entire population of painted storks numbering 24 at the …

Avian flu alert: State gets into preventive mode

JAIPUR: Following the avian flu alert issued last week, health minister Rajendra Rathore and animal husbandry department minister Prabhu Lal Saini met on Monday to review the situation in the state. However, Saini said that no case of bird flu has been reported from the state so far. In the …

Six more birds die of flu in Delhi, total deaths 64

Gopal Rai said however, also said the anti-virus operation in the Deer Park in south Delhi was bearing results as only two bird deaths were reported there on Monday. At least six more birds died in the capital on Monday due to bird flu, taking the total deaths of migratory …

10 birds die in Deer Park, anti-virus operation ordered

Ten more birds died on Sunday due to bird flu in the now shut Deer Park here, prompting Delhi Animal Husbandry minister Gopal Rai to order an anti-virus drive. After a visit to the park in Hauz Khas, Rai set up a 10-member team to spray anti-virus Mycrodacyn in the …

15 bird deaths at Gwalior zoo in 3 days spark fear of bird flu

Nearly 15 birds in Gwalior zoo have died in the past three days, prompting the authorities concerned to send their samples for testing for bird flu virus. “For the past three days nearly 15 birds (painted stork) died in the zoo following which their viscera was sent to Jabalpur- and …

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