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 …

Swine flu cases climb to 44

NEW DELHI: Fresh cases of swine flu have been reported from Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad, taking the total number of positive cases across the country to 44 on Thursday. Five cases have been reported from Delhi, three from Bangalore and one case tested positive in Hyderabad on Thursday, a Union …

Biotech, livestock SEZ at Kadapa

June 18: The AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) is setting up an Special Economic Zone focusing mainly on livestock and animal biotech near Pulivendula for research and development of zoonotic diseases, such as swine flu, avian flu. Two leading US-based companies have already agreed to set up their units in …

First swine flu case surfaces in Gujarat

PALANPUR/AHMEDABAD: The first case of suspected swine flu in Gujarat was reported from Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district on Tuesday evening. An 11-yearold girl who landed from Michigan on Sunday reported symptoms of swine flu and her blood and throat swab samples have been sent to National Institute of Communicable Diseases …

China City Kills 36,000 Dogs After Rabies Deaths

A Chinese city has killed 36,000 stray and pet dogs in a bid to wipe out rabies, state media said on Tuesday, as the country considers a draft law recognizing animal rights and making such a cull illegal. Rabies has killed 12 people in Hanzhong, in the northern province of …

Swine Flu in Sri Lanka:One patient found

Dr. Ajith Mendis, Director General of Health Services yesterday said that the first case of swine influenza had been detected in Sri Lanka. He identified the victim as an 8 year-old-boy from Australia, who had arrived in Colombo on June 14. He said that the child had been admitted to …

7 More With Swine Flu Die, Raising the Citys Total to 23

New York City officials reported Tuesday that seven more people with the swine flu virus had died, lifting the city

Indigenous vaccine soon for A(H1N1): ICMR chief

Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has initiated steps to produce an indigenous vaccine for the A(H1N1) influenza and it expects the vaccine to be available in four to six months at affordable rates.

Swine flu: Alarm bells sounded in North-East

New Delhi: Declaration of swine flu as pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has rung alarm bells in North-East India which has nearly one-fourth of the total pig population in the country and consumption of pork is fairly common. Although experts and scientists have opined that well-cooked pork can …

Northeast on swine flu radar, pig import banned

AGARTALA, June 16: Authorities in the northeastern region have stepped up precautionary measures against the spread of swine flu, besides banning import of pigs and pork products from adjoining countries, officials said Tuesday. A health official said no case of influenza A(H1N1) infection had been reported in Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya …

Fresh swine flu cases from Jalandhar, Hyderabad

Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: With new cases of swine flu reported from Jalandhar and Hyderabad on Monday, the total number in the country has gone up to 30. The new cases include a 48-year-old woman, and two girls

Govt directs private doctors to report H1N1 cases

AHMEDABAD: Private doctors in the state have been directed to report any person showing symptoms of H1N1 who may have missed the surveillance system at the international airport terminal. This is possible because the virus has an incubation of seven to 10 days. "Over 2,000 reporting units have been created …

Mother, daughter with A(H1N1) flu arrived from New Jersey

NEW DELHI: Three more persons, including a three-year-old girl who travelled to Bangalore from New Jersey on June 12 with her mother, tested positive for the A (H1N1) influenza virus. Her mother too has tested positive for the flu. Several persons across the country manifesting symptoms are being tested.

New Flu Has Been Around For Years In Pigs: Study

The new H1N1 virus, which has caused the first pandemic of the 21st century, appears to have been circulating undetected among pigs for years, researchers reported on Thursday. Although health officials have been watching for new influenza viruses in humans, animal health regulators have missed the opportunity to check swine, …

State confirms three more swine flu cases

June 14: Three more air passengers were confirmed with swine flu on Sunday, taking the total number of A-H1N1 cases in the city to 12. Five of them are under treatment at the Andhra Pradesh Chest Hospital, while the others have been discharged. Of the three cases confirmed on Sunday, …

No role of animals in spreading H1N1 virus: OIE

Surinder Sud / New Delhi June 15, 2009, 0:18 IST Even as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) as a global pandemic, the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) maintains that there is no role of animals (including swine) in spreading this virus. This, being …

What next?

A new rotavirus strain jumped from pigs to humans the swine flu outbreak might take down two billion people worldwide if it turns into a wider pandemic, said an official who estimate. An airborne disease with its origin linked to pig farms in Mexico, it is yet another example of …

Swine flu a pandemic, declares WHO

NO KIDDING: A masked girl sits with a classmate at a kindergarten in Hong Kong on Thursday in the wake of the swine flu alarm. GENEVA: The World Health Organisation told its member nations on Thursday it was declaring a swine flu pandemic

A (H1N1): India in containment stage

Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Though the World Health Organisation on Thursday declared an A (H1N1) influenza pandemic, putting the affected countries on the highest alert, India continues to be in the

Nandankanan Zoo study on FPL status

BHUBANESWAR: Feline Panleukopenia (FPL) has caused devastation in the zoos across India, taking a toll on the captive population of large cats but a high precision study undertaken by the Nandankanan Zoological Park here may finally provide some answer to the dreaded viral disease. The animal park here has initiated …

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