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 …
Livestock keepers and policy makers worldwide are increasingly interested in harnessing animal biodiversity to improve production and food security on a warmer, more crowded planet, according to a new FAO report. The agency nonetheless warns that many valuable animal breeds continue to be at risk and calls for stronger efforts …
Ticks that can carry the debilitating illness Lyme disease have significantly spread across the US over the past 20 years and are now found in nearly half of all American counties, including areas where they’ve never previously been documented, a new analysis has found. The black-legged tick is now established …
People in South-East Asia and central Sub-Saharan Africa are particularly at risk of viral diseases carried by bats, a map shows. The global risk map is designed to support research into avoiding the transfer of diseases from bats to humans and to help health workers pinpoint infection hotspots and target …
The thriving big cat population at the Jim Corbett National Park might be a show piece for successful conservation, but the famous wild life sanctuary's tigers and leopards might be at risk from canine diseases from some 17,000-odd dogs living in villages in the 5km buffer zone. A first of …
Tests on the most common type of influenza found in Chinese pigs reveal that it has the potential to transmit easily in humans, posing a pandemic threat similar to the virus that triggered a pandemic in 2009 after jumping from swine to people. A research team from China and Japan …
Farmers in a dry district of southern Zimbabwe have been told to vaccinate their cattle after 36 people fell ill with anthrax, state media reported at the weekend. There are no reports of human fatalities, although at least 25 cattle have already died, the official Chronicle newspaper reported. The affected …
An effective vaccine to protect against the Mers virus is a step closer, a report in the journal Science suggests. European scientists genetically modified a version of the smallpox vaccine to display Mers virus protein on its surface. The vaccine was able to protect camels - the animal reservoir for …
Peste des petits ruminants virus causes a highly infectious disease of small ruminants that is endemic across Africa, the Middle East and large regions of Asia. The virus is considered to be a major obstacle to the development of sustainable agriculture across the developing world and has recently been targeted …
The effect of the immunomodulator Natstim ® (lyophilised killed bacterial cells from Escherichia coli 29, Escherichia coli J5, Staphylococus aureus 27/58 at amounts corresponding to 10 10 cells of each species, stabilized with Dextrane 40) on growth performance and two factors of natural humoral immunity serum lysozyme concentrations and the …
A new study explores the environmental factors that give rise to outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD). Jointly undertaken by the Environmental Foundation for Africa and the ERM Foundation, it posits a connection between rainforest fragmentation and this zoonotic [passed between animals and humans] disease. This is hypothesised to occur …
AJMER: The Pushkar region these days is in the grip of Pasteurella bacteria that has killed about eight camels, stirring panic in the animal husbandry department with the international cattle fair just a fortnight away. A team from the state disease diagnosis lab came to town and gathered blood samples …
The outbreak of foot and mouth disease of cattle locally called as ‘fatua’ in Nischintakoili block has put the veterinary officials in a tight spot as they face inadequate stock of vaccine coupled with staff crunch. Officials sources said about 30 cattle have died of the disease in the block …
The study recorded a 59% increase in corn earworm larvae in areas where bats were not present Bats provide a service worth an estimated US $1bn (£649m) globally by controlling pests on corn crops, a study has suggested. Scientists carried out a series of experiments to assess the economic and …
A threatened species of wallaby has been thrown a lifeline by the work of Indigenous rangers in a remote part of Western Australia. A three-year program to monitor and sustain an isolated population of black-flanked rock wallabies has started to bear fruit, with sensor-sensitive cameras showing that a translocated population …
Scientists studying diseases threatening amphibian, reptile and fish populations now can report findings on a new online portal. This new wildlife disease reporting system is called the Global Ranavirus Reporting System (GRRS) and was developed by researchers from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA). Researchers from Purdue University …
Zimbabwe has banned the movement of cattle in the southern part of the country near the South African border after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, the deputy minister of agriculture said on Monday. Zimbabwean farmers and communities living near wildlife parks are at risk of foot and mouth, …
Two of Australia’s three native wombat species are under threat from a disease which can leave the animal blind and deaf, and eventually kill them. A project launched by the University of Western Sydney is calling on the wider community to help track wombat health, and hopefully stop the spread …
Brucellosis is a common bacterial zoonotic infection but data on the prevalence among humans and animals is limited in Kenya. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in three counties practicing different livestock production systems to simultaneously assess the seroprevalence of, and risk factors for brucellosis among humans and their livestock (cattle, …
Researchers from the University of Sydney have painted the most detailed picture to date of major infectious diseases shared between wildlife and livestock, and found a huge gap in knowledge about diseases which could spread to humans. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the world-first …
A consortium of Ugandan and American scientists are conducting studies into zoonotic diseases that affect both humans and animals or cross from either species. "We are focusing on diseases which come from the animal world and are transferred to humans. We have already done research on brucellosis in cattle," said …
