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 …

More flu cases confirmed; Kavre hit

A day after the government failed to declare bird flu emergency in Bhaktapur, the H5N1 strain of the flu was confirmed in chickens on five poultry farms in the district on Monday, the day the flu was also confirmed in three farms in adjoining Kavre district. In Bhaktapur, chickens in …

Bird flu confirmed in three poultry farms of Kavre

Already reeling under the recent outbreak of bird flu virus in Bhaktapur, chicken from three poultry farms in Kavre district have been confirmed with the deadly virus as of Monday. According to the District Veterinary Office, three poultry farms have been confirmed with the H5N1 virus following the tests. The …

High alert in MP after report of bird flu in neighboring Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh government issued directives to districts for exercising extra alertness and caution for prevention and control of bird flu in view of reports of this disease in bordering districts of Chhattisgarh. According to an official press release on Wednesday, the Government has directed district collectors to ensure action as …

Bird flu spreading among humans

Study Reports Case Of Infection Jumping From Father To Daughter In China London: Scientists say a deadly new strain of bird flu that emerged in China this year jumped between humans. A study by Chinese researchers published in the ‘British Medical Journal’ on Wednesday reported the first case of human-to-human …

Bird flu confirmed in 8 more farms in Bhaktapur

Bird flu has been confirmed in eight more poultry farms of Bhaktapur a day after the government lifted ban on the sales of chicken products. Authorities have been preparing to cull chickens in the infected area. According to Dr. Narayan Prasad Ghimire at the Department of Livestock Services, the strain …

Bird flu detected in Nawalparasi

Bird flu has been confirmed in Nawalparasi district. The bird flu was confirmed after lab test carried out on samples from the dead fowls of Lila Mahato of Prasauni-1tested positive to H5N1, the virus that causes the disease. The District Livestock Office, Nawalparasi, had sent the samples for lab test …

Bird flu confirmed in 3 more Bhaktapur farms

Bird flu has been confirmed in three more poultry farms at Jharuwarasi VDC in Bhaktapur. Authorities are culling some 8,000 chickens at three farms belonging to Champapur Hatchery after the strain of H5N1 virus was confirmed in the chickens of the farms. Some 1500 chickens had died in the poultry …

Nepal bans chicken sales after bird flu outbreak

The Nepalese government has banned the movement of poultry products in Kathmandu valley after the uncontrolled spread of bird flu over the last 15 days. The ban that came into effect from Thursday will last a week after which the situation will be further assessed, according to Dr Vijay Kanta …

Kavre sounds bird flu alert

With bird flu reported in Bhaktapur, authorities in the adjoining district of Kavre have gone on high alert to prevent a possible outbreak in the district. According to Durga Prasad Bhandari, Chief District Officer and Bird Flu Disease Control Technical Team Chairperson, import of chicken and related items have been …

Viral diseases hit hard cattle in Sargodha

Dozens of cattles were killed and hundreds others affected of mysterious viral diseases causing million of rupees losses to the breeders. Affectees express anguish over the role of livestock department. It should be mentioned that epidemics gripped the cattle heads in Sargodha district weeks earlier the monsoon set in. Earlier …

Bird flu detected in Pokhara

Authorities have confirmed the outbreak of Bird flu in two places of Pokhara in Kaski district. Chickens of Garbuja Fresh House of Lamachaur and the poultry farm of Gharipatan, Regional Animal Service Directorate, were found to have been infected with H5N1 virus. Regional Animal Service Director Dr. Banshi Mishra said …

Two more peacocks die of Ranikhet in Tharparkar, toll mounts to 118

Wildlife Department has failed to control the New Castle “Ranikhet” disease as two more peacocks died of the deadly disease here on Thursday raising the overall death toll to 118. It should be mentioned that beauty of Tharparkar, renowned for the wandering peacocks in open air, was fading due to …

SHC seeks report on steps taken to protect peafowl

A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, comprising Justices Faisal Arab and Riazat Ali Sahar, directed a deputy conservator of the wildlife department in Hyderabad on Thursday to submit a written report on steps taken to protect peafowl. The bench adjourned the matter to Aug 22 after …

Govt ill-prepared to cope with threat of foot-and-mouth disease

The Punjab government seems least prepared to combat the possible outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the province as the Livestock and Dairy Development Department is being run without an administrative secretary, Directors General (Ext and Research) and even the regular director, it is learnt. After the transfer of former …

Govt puts in efforts to protect peafowl in Thar

Sindh government finally took notice of the deaths of peafowl in Thar due to viral epidemic, and announced to establish a mobile unit with technical staff to treat peafowl in the deserts of Thar. Conservator Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) Hussain Bux Bhagat said his department has approved new scheme under …

National Livestock Policy, 2013

The National Livestock Policy, 2013 has been formulated to have a policy framework for improving productivity of the livestock sector in a sustainable manner, taking into account the provisions of the National Policy of Farmers, 2007 and the recommendations of the stakeholders, including the States. The National Livestock Policy aims …

Centre directs Mizoram to cull virus-affected pigs

The Centre has directed the Mizoram government to cull all pigs that were affected but have survived the Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). The state government records say there are 5,620 such pigs. Two government labs had detected an exotic virus that causes PRRS in 57 of the 64 samples …

Pig disease virus: Centre to meet Mizoram official

Aizawl : Detection of an exotic virus from among more than 3,800 pigs killed by swine fever in pig farms of Mizoram since March has led the Centre to summon state officials to New Delhi for an emergency meeting on Tuesday. Dr Amarjit Singh Nanda, Animal Husbandry Commissioner in Department …

47 peacocks die in of Newcastle disease in Tharparkar

At least two more peacocks have died due to a contagious disease as the death toll has reached to 47 in last eight days in Tharparkar. According to private news channel, the peacocks died of Newcastle disease, locally known as 'Ranikhet' while several others are also reported to be infected. …

Peacock death toll rises to 41

Nineteen more peacocks reportedly died in different villages in Diplo taluka on Wednesday which appeared to have died of the highly contagious Newcastle disease, raising the death toll to 41 since the outbreak of the disease in the desert two weeks ago. The wildlife department has since been in a …

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