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 …

Man with anthrax symptoms hospitalised in Salem

MAN WITH ANTHRAX SYMPTOMS ADMITTED TO GOVT HOSPITALA MAN suspected to be infected by anthrax has been admitted to the Salem Government Hospital. Parisutham (45), who milks cows, is suspected to have contracted the disease from an infected cow. He had complained of skin blisters and fever in the last …

100 cattle die as cow disease spreading fast in Dimla: Livestock office says they have no medicine

About one hundred cows died and over one thousand were affected with foot and mouth disease in last two days at Dimla upazila under Nilphaari istrict as the disease was spreading at an alarming Dimla Upazila Livestock Office sources confirmed the news and added that they had no medicine, suggesting …

Govt worried about spread of swine flue 87 infected so far

The government is somewhat worried about the spread swine flu in the country as the number of infected people rose to 87 as of Wednesday. "We are slightly worried with the jump in the identified swine flu cases as 13 new cases were confirmed on Wednesday," Health Minister Prof. AFM …

Anthrax hunt on jumbos

Five teams of the forest department today fanned out on elephant backs in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary to identify herbivores that showed signs of illness. After the body of a rhino calf was found in the sanctuary on Sunday, foresters are not taking any chances as they fear that the death …

Fear of anthrax stalks Jaldapara

Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary is gearing up for a possible anthrax attack as a rhino calf is suspected to have died of the disease yesterday. The worried Jaldapara authorities have written to Calcutta to send anthrax vaccines as well as tranquillisers for big animals like elephants and rhinos. There is also …

Mizoram steps up vigil against swine flu

Mizoram today stepped up vigil along the border after some persons infected with swine flu were detected in neighbouring Manipur, officials said. Check posts in Mizoram-Manipur border village and other areas were on high alert and ban on import of pigs had been clamped, State Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Director …

Mizos shun pork as 1,000 pigs hit by swine flue

AIZAWL, Aug 10: Many families in Mizoram were saying no to pork in their Sunday morning meals since 1,000 pigs have died of swine flu so far. Official sources here today said there had been no report of swine flu in human beings so far, adding the dead pigs were …

Questions of real national security

Pushpa M. Bhargava Policies with regard to agriculture, education and health need to change in order to ensure a meaningful and wide-ranging security for this country. The arms business is probably the second largest business in the world after the food business. It is, therefore, not surprising that we consider …

85 affected in State

Four persons tested positive for H1N1 Influenza on Sunday as the total number of swine flu cases rose to 85 in the State. In accordance with the Union Health Ministry guidelines, many patients who tested positive have opted for home-quarantine. As many as 55 suspected cases visited Rajiv Gandhi Institute …

11 new swine flu cases in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Even as 11 new swine flu cases were reported in the Capital on Thursday, Health Minister Kiran Walia said the situation was

Inbreeding making dogs deformed and diseased

Exploitation Of Pedigreed Pets Aggravates Adverse Genetic Conditions Shonali Ghosal | TNN Asmall fluffy black ball, Kaiser, was among the litter of three male Labrador Retrievers barely a month old, dropped off by a stranger at a petcare charity. "He said the puppies' mother died and he could not take …

Swine flu triggers panic in Pune

Mumbai: Parents in Pune have pressed the panic button after the death of Rida Shaikh, the first in the country to fall to swine flu, on August 3. On Wednesday over hundreds of people thronged Pune

All eyes on Pune institute as work on flu vaccine picks pace

Nanda Kasabe Pune: Serum Institute of India (SII) is working at a furious pace on producing a H1N1 vaccine. SII is among the three labs selected by the WHO in India to develop the vaccine. So far, there has been no vaccine made of this kind anywhere worldwide and around …

Swine flu death toll passes 1,000 mark: WHO

The death toll in the swine flu pandemic has passed the 1,000 mark, with 1,154 deaths since the outbreak was uncovered in April, data published today by the World Health Organisation showed. Swine flu now reaches 168 countries and territories, the WHO said in its latest update on its website. …

Flu guidelines revised, girls family will sue

Aug. 4: A day after 14-year-old Pune schoolgirl Reeda Shaikh became the first person in India to die of the H1N1 flu, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday invoked the century-old Epidemic Diseases Act in Pune and Satara districts to arm itself with special powers to compel those suspected of having …

Malaria may have come from chimps - study

Malaria may have jumped to humans from chimpanzees much as AIDS did, U.S. researchers reported on Monday in a study they hope could help in developing a vaccine against the infection. They found evidence the parasite that causes most cases of malaria is a close genetic relative of a parasite …

India records first swine flu death in Pune

India registered its first swine flu death today after a 14-year-old school girl from Pune fell victim to the virus. Rhia Shaikh, a resident of the cantonment area in Pune, was admitted to the Jehangir Hospital last week with symptoms of the disease, hospital authorities said. The death occurred even …

Six dozen cattle die

About 70 cattle died and dozens others fell ill due to an unknown disease in various VDCs of Dailekh district within the past three weeks. Kiran Chaulagain, a local veterinarian, said three dozens goats, a dozen cows and 11 buffalos died of the unknown disease at Layanti and Bindrasaini VDCs. …

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