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 …

Mad beef?

SPAIN and Italy banned the import of British beef on March 2 1. Germany and France are also contemplating a total ban. Panic spread throughout Europe in March-end over the consumption of beef from cows infected with the Mad Cow disease. The European Union (EU) is greatly exercised and Jerry …

Mystery malady

AS IF AIDS, Ebola and the Achuapa Febrile Syndrome were not enough, it is now the turn of a mysterious viral disease whose outbreak in Australia is not only proving deadly for the horses but also for humans. Australian scientists are now grappling on ways and means to deal with …

TANZANIA

Lions of Tanzania are facing a serious threat from an unlikely quarter - domestic dogs. Canine distemper spread by these dogs have already killed 100 lions in the Serengeti region of Tanzania according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's species survival commission. It is an airborne disease …

Animals to the rescue

WITH worldwide shortage of human ns for transplantation, xenotransrnt surgery is a welcome change. The Ift,Apinsfer of animal organs into humans prevent organ donors from being rived of an organ, and the right unt of money. If unlimited organs available, about 100,000 transplant cries would be conducted in the us …

Caught by the horns

CAN India suddenly go vegetarian? Several animal rights activists have come forward with offers of alternative employment for the butchers who have lost their jobs as a result of the High Court order passing the closure of Delhi's Idgah slaughterhouse. But will this sardonic professional rehabilitation solve anything? As long …

Canine distemper epizootic in lions, tigers, and leopards in North America

Canine distemper virus (CDV) infection occurred in captive leopards (Panthera pardus), tigers (Panthera tigris), lions (Panthera leo), and a jaguar (Panthera onca) in 1991 and 1992. An epizootic affected all 4 types of cats at the Wildlife Waystation, San Fernando, California, with 17 mortalities. CDV-infected raccoons were thought to be …

New viral disease targets sheep in India

SCIENTISTS have found that several sheep in south India, which were thought to be suffering from rinderpest are actually infected with peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a new viral disease hitherto thought to be restricted to West Africa. Rinderpest usually afflicts Indian cattle, wild Indian bison and smaller ruminants such …

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