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 …

Culling to continue for another week

Shillong, Jan. 16: The East Garo Hills district administration will continue culling for another week even after more than 2,500 chickens were slaughtered. More villagers have come forward to report the disease in the control rooms set up in East Garo Hills after an increase in the compensation for the …

Fresh death of fowls, culling continues in Meghalaya

Outbreak of bird-flu and aftermath Shillong: Fresh deaths of domesticated fowls have been reported in the State, even as the culling of birds in a three-kilometre radius of the bird-flu epicentre of Williamnagar in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills entered its third day on Sunday, an official said. More than 2,321 …

Culling to continue for next 5 days in Meghalaya

SHILLONG: Culling and mopping operations will continue for the next five days in Meghalaya to contain the spread of bird-flu in East Garo Hills district, official sources said. "Until last evening, 3026 fowls were subjected to hygienic culling by the district administration, even as specialised teams of Rapid Response Teams …

Fresh fowl deaths, culling continues in Meghalaya

Fresh deaths of domesticated fowls have been reported in Meghalaya, even as the culling of birds in a three-kilometre radius of the bird-flu epicentre of Williamnagar in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills entered its third day Sunday, an official said. More than 2,321 birds, including domesticated fowls, were culled and buried …

Bird Flu: Poultry culling begins in Khurda

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to check spread of bird flu, the Odisha government on Thursday began culling of fowls within three km radius of Keranga in Khurda district as advised by the Centre, official sources said. The culling of poultry has been launched at a private firm in Keranga and …

Rules tighten on use of antibiotics on farms

Alarmed at signs that the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals is blunting these key weapons against human disease, governments are taking action.

Bird flu confirmed in Meghalaya

SHILLONG: The bird flu in East Garo Hills is officially confirmed, revealed the Deputy Commissioner of East Garo Hills, Pravin Bakshi citing the fax message from the sophisticated government run laboratory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Informing this to The Sentinel on Wednesday, the Deputy Commisioner also directed the Special Task …

Government orders culling at Keranga

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Wednesday ordered culling of poultry birds in a radius of 3 km from Keranga village in Khurda where the first avian influenza positive cases were reported on Sunday. The Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Department said the culling will start with immediate effect. Compensation for the …

Newcastle Disease: Crows found dead

ROURKELA: Mysterious death of nearly three dozen crows has led to fears of breakout of Ranikhet Disease also known as Newcastle Disease. Sources said around 16 crows were spotted dead in Bonai and another 19 in Sundargarh town on Wednesday. To check the disease from spreading among the poultry and …

Bird flu: State awaits Central advisory

Bhubaneswar: Bird flu has been reported from Betanati in Mayurbhanj district and Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district after Keranga in Khurda district. Following the death of large number of crows and poultry, the state government, which has sounded a high alert in the two districts, has sent blood samples of the …

Mayurbhanj on high alert for bird flu

BARIPADA: Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, bordering Jharkhand, has been put on high alert to avoid poultry birds carrying HSN1 virus sneaking in from the neighbouring state, said Mayurbhanj CDVO Nityananda Das on Tuesday. Surveillance has been stepped up in the seven blocks of Raruan, Jashipur, Tiring, Bahalda, Gorumahisani, Saraskana and Jamda …

2,000 dead birds set off flu fears in Meghalaya

Around 2,000 poultry birds have died in the past few weeks on a farm in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, fuelling fears of bird flu, even as a general alert was sounded in the area, officials said on Monday. A government official said 2,000 chickens died an unnatural death in …

Odisha alerts officials after test confirms bird flu

Odisha has alerted all its district authorities in view of the detection of a bird flu case in the state, an official said on Monday. "The government sent samples of around 300 birds, mostly crows and poultry, to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal, during last fortnight after …

State reports first bird flu case

Bhubaneswar: Bird flu was detected for the first time in Odisha as the central laboratory confirmed the virus in two dead fowls in Khurda district, official sources said on Monday. The Centre on Sunday communicated to the state about the detection of H5N1 virus in two dead poultry found in …

India declares itself bird flu-free

India has declared itself free from bird flu (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza). The declaration was made here on December 29, 2011, and notified to the OIE (Office International des Epizooties, which later became the World Organisation for Animal Health). However, states have been advised to keep up the vigil, according …

Bird flu scare in Tripura

Alarm was raised over a possible outbreak of bird flu following death of over 600 poultry at Ganganagar in Dhalai district in the past three days, official sources said today. Blood samples of infected chickens have been collected for test, while antidote administered to other fowls to arrest the spread …

India free from bird flu: Govt

The government today announced that the country is free of bird flu disease, but continues to keep a watchful eye on vulnerable areas. Bird flu, also know as avian influenza, is a flu that affects birds. The virus that causes the bird infection can mutate to affect humans. "The declaration …

Bird flu strain that killed man won't spread: China

The strain of bird flu that killed a Chinese bus driver won't spread to other people, a health agency said on Monday. The Shenzhen Disease Control Center appealed for calm while officials investigated how the man contracted the H5N1 strain of the virus. Chinese bus driver with bird flu dies …

India free from bird flu: Government

NEW DELHI: The government today announced that the country is free of bird flu disease, but continues to keep a watchful eye on vulnerable areas. Bird flu, also know as avian influenza, is a flu that affects birds. The virus that causes the bird infection can mutate to affect humans. …

WHO "Deeply Concerned" By Mutated Birdflu Research

The World Health Organization issued a stern warning on Friday to scientists who have engineered a highly pathogenic form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, saying their work carries significant risks and must be tightly controlled. The United Nations health body said it was "deeply concerned about the potential …

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