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 …

Another A (H1N1) case in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: A 20-year-old medical student from Hyderabad has tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) flu virus, health authorities here have confirmed. This is the second A (H1N1) positive case reported here. The first positive case, which was also the country

Unknown disease claims bovine life, causes worry to farmers

Over 3,600 cattle administered preventive medicines in the district: Collector THENI: A total of 20 cattle were dead at Kanniservaipatti village in Chinnamanur block owing to an unknown disease that was spreading rapidly. Two cattle died two days ago at Odaipatti. Farmers complained that the cattle were completely paralysed within …

Medico contracts swine flu

June 3: A medical student of Hyderabad who travelled back from Canada via London was tested positive for swine flu (Influenza A-H1N1) and is being treated in isolation facility at Chest Hospital. This is the second swine flu case being detected in the city. The 20-year-old youth went to Toronto …

Malaria: Parasite Species Found in Chimps Is Similar to Deadly Version in Humans

Researchers in Gabon and France have discovered a new species of malaria parasite, one that lives in chimpanzees but is closely related to the species most deadly to humans. The new species was described last week in the journal PLoS Pathogens. It was named Plasmodium gaboni, and it is closely …

Birds culled above target

Raiganj, June 1: The number of poultry culled in the flu-struck Hemtabad block of North Dinajpur has far outstripped the target set by the district administration as villagers from outside the culling zone brought in birds for fear of the infection spreading. District magistrate Ramanuj Chakrabarty said after the disease …

2 more test positive for H1N1 flu in TN

June 1: The health authorities on Monday said two more positive cases of H1N1 influenza virus have been detected. A mother (34) and son (5) in Tamil Nadu have tested positive for the virus, taking the total positive cases to three. Authorities said on Monday the woman and her son, …

Bird flu hits Bengal again

Surinder Sud / New Delhi June 1, 2009, 0:38 IST Even as the threat of swine flu continues, a fresh outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) has been reported from West Bengal. About 20 backyard poultry birds were reported to have died on May 20 in the …

Land-use change and livestock production challenges in an integrated system: The Masai-Mara ecosystem, Kenya

Participatory rural appraisal techniques and a survey of 100 households were used to evaluate livestock production, and pastoral development of the Maasai in Mara. It was observed that patterns of land-use have principally changed from nomadic pastoralism to sedentary pastoralism, agropastoralism, and, in some cases, pure cultivation. These trends have …

Work Starting on Flu Vaccine

Companies are starting preliminary work on a vaccine for the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, and should begin clinical trials soon, but the new vaccine will not be ready for widespread use until October, United States health officials said. Dr. Anne Schuchat of the federal Centers for Disease Control and …

Two More New Yorkers With Swine Flu Die

Two more New Yorkers have died with confirmed cases of swine flu, the city

Mayor Says More School Closings Wont Stop Swine Flus Spread

As New York City officials prepared to reopen 20 public schools shut down because of the swine flu, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg warned on Monday that further closings would not slow the march of the virus. After weeks in which many parents, teachers, union leaders and elected officials have demanded …

2nd Death in New York City Linked to Swine Flu

A second New York City resident, a woman from Queens in her 50s, has died from swine flu, the city

Australia Lifts Protection Level For Tasmanian Devils

Australia lifted protection levels on Friday for the world's largest surviving marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian devil, listing the animal as endangered due to a deadly facial tumour outbreak. Devils, the size of a small dog and made famous by the fierce Looney Tunes cartoon character known as "Taz", have been …

Swine-flu impact: Demand for bio-security products increases

WHO confirms 11,168 cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection. As diseases break from animal farms, there is greater awareness and emphasis being laid on preventive hygiene. Animal bio-security products are increasingly finding their place in the local market, as diseases are seen jumping species from animals to humans, be it avian …

Promote respiratory hygiene to prevent swine flu

Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need to promote respiratory hygiene among the people in the country in order to prevent the spread of swine flu. Although no cases of swine flu have been found in the country, increased international travel and high density of population pose potential risk …

The Next Steps for Swine Flu: Predictions, Protection and Prevention

Federal health officials will probably recommend that most Americans get three flu shots this fall: one regular flu shot and two doses of any vaccine made against the new swine flu strain. Having had annual flu shots for the last several years gives

Spread of Swine Flu Puts Japan in Crisis Mode

It all began at a high school volleyball tournament here on May 2

WHO's Chan "Will Not Shy Away" From Pandemic Alert

The head of the World Health Organization said Thursday she would not hesitate to raise the global pandemic alert to the top of the six-point scale if the new H1N1 flu is spreading globally. But with pressure growing for her to factor in the severity of the newly-discovered disease as …

Another suspected A(H1N1) flu case in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: Another case of suspected A(H1N1) flu was reported here on Thursday. A 40-year-old businessman from Mettupalayam in the district complained of flu-like symptoms on arrival at the Coimbatore airport after a trip to Malaysia. The man got himself admitted to a private hospital on Avanashi Road near the airport. …

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