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 …

Alert in Assam as avian flu spreads to new areas

Manoj Anand If migratory birds were centre attractions for the tourists in Assam, this time they have brought disaster with them. The health ministry has confirmed that it was migratory birds who brought this deadly bird flu to Assam. The Assam government has not only started culling operations, but also …

Horse flu spreads in India

Even as the government banned animal movement, sick horses are falling prey to other diseases equine influenza is threatening to assume epidemic proportions in India, with over six states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and West Bengal having reported an outbreak of the acutely contagious respiratory …

Equine flu spreads to Gujarat

AHMEDABAD : Horses all over the country are falling prey to equine influenza (EI). And, the virus has raised its head in the state too. As per a survey commissioned by the army across India recently, it's been found that 5,400 horses are infected so far. The debilitating disease, which …

Strange disease kills cattle

DH News Service,Bagepalli: A strange disease has affected the cattle since past few days causing the death of more than 25 cows. Jersey and other varieties cows producing more than 10 litres of milk twice daily are collapsing in a matter of minutes and breathing their last, causing great anxiety …

1,200 racehorses down with fever

Pune, November 03 Equine flu suspected as horses wheeze and sneeze; will not be able to race for at least a month Nearly 1,200 horses at the Pune Racecourse are ailing and need a month

Mad cow disease due to a rare genetic mutation

WASHINGTON - A rare genetic mutation may underlie some cases of mad cow disease in cattle and its discovery may help shed light on where the epidemic started, U.S. researchers reported on Friday. The mutation, in an Alabama cow that tested positive in 2006 for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, …

Mysterious disease kills animals

A mysterious fatal disease has killed dozens of animals in Tisar village of the Shigar valley but the livestock department has not yet taken any action in this regard, leaving other animals also to the risk. According to reports reaching here from the affected area, the mostly hit are zhos …

A dogged problem

Free-ranging dogs are unfavourable to wildlife, they are reservoirs of many diseases The word carnivore often conjures up images of large, dangerous predators such as lions and tigers. Few, however, realize that they spend most of their lives in the presence of the world

Bird flu strain in India, Bangladesh similar

Dhaka Finally Shares Genetic Data Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: The bird flu virus, that caused India's worst Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak this year, has been found to be "a lot similar' to the one that created havoc in Bangladesh. This has been confirmed by Indian scientists after it …

Reiki for tigress

The big cat in Bhopal park suffers from cancer every morning forest officials drive Mamta Jain and her six cousins to an enclosure at Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal. The group settles down around the enclosure and starts giving reiki, the Japanese healing technique, to Rini, an 18-year-old white …

Call for early diagnosis of animal disease

Chennai THE incidence of infections spreading from animals to humans is on the rise and even while researchers are working on ways to tackle the microbes, the government regulations are falling slack. This view emerged at the international conference on 'Emerging infectious diseases of animals and biotechnological applications,' jointly organised …

Improved vaccine to combat anthrax

CHENNAI: A team of researchers from the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University has successfully produced an improved vaccine for combating anthrax attack on cattle. Vice-Chancellor P. Thangaraju said the improved vaccine, based on montanide, would be animal-friendly. The glycerine-based vaccine used on cattle earlier, at times resulted in …

Milking the state

Reports that cattle have been struck by different kinds of disease in Canacona and Ponda talukas is disturbing news for the 180-odd dairy societies in the state, as well as for the Goa Dairy, which already imports most of its milk from neighbouring Maharashtra and Karnataka. A mysterious disease has …

World Zoonosis Day

A free dog vaccination camp was organised by Blue Cross Society, Assam recently on the occasion of "World Zoonosis Day' in the Teaching Veterinary Complex, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara. The World Zoonosis Day is celebrated to create awareness about the diseases communicable to animals to human …

Action needed to prevent extinctions caused by disease

Your News in Brief item 'Cancer forces Tasmanian devil onto endangered list' highlights the plight of this carnivorous marsupial (Sarcophilus harrisii), driven towards extinction by devil facial-tumour disease, which is contagious (Nature 453, 441; 2008). The animal will soon also be uplisted by the 2008 IUCN Red List from its …

Vety camps to curb bird-flu conclude at Goalpara dist

A training camp to train up veterinary doctors, field assistants and Rapid Response Team members of all the veterinary dispensaries of Goalpara district on bird-flu ended at Goalpara on July 4, said Veterinary Officer of the district Dr K K Dutta. The Government of India-sponsored training camp was joined by …

Killer wildlife disease on the prowl?

B Ravichandran | ENS Udhagamandalam HAS the fatal canine distemper spreading in the forests here and taking the toll of carnivores? This was the question raised by wildlife activists as the death of a wild dog at Singur Reserve Forest(SRF) near here caused flutters here. Wildlife activists, who preferred anonymity …

Cheetahs in captivity suffer from protein disorder

cheetahs in captivity are suffering from an ailment about which very little is known. In a new study, researchers from Japan and China have tried to show how the disease spreads among the population. The disease is a protein disorder similar to the mad cow disease where normal proteins get …

Study: Changing virus research location could be costly

An outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations the White House is considering for a new high-security research laboratory would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than from the isolated island laboratory where such research is now conducted, says a new report …

Organic pigs breed more bad bugs

Animals reared in natural, outdoor conditions without nasty modern drugs yield healthier meat, right? Not necessarily. Wondwossen Gebreyes and colleagues at Ohio State University in Columbus tested US pigs for antibodies - telltale signs of infection - to pathogens that can also affect humans. They found traces of Salmonella in …

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