BAN ON the drug diclofenac, administered on domestic animals, has had a positive impact on the vulture population. It had not been quantified till recently. The rate of decline has slowed down—from 40 per cent to 18 per cent. The number of oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) had dropped drastically …
FOR the past two years Badaliya has been participating in a village camel fair, organised about 60 km from Bikaner in Rajasthan. But this January she did not. She was suffering from pneumonia, having fever and continuous nasal discharge of phlegm. Badaliya is not alone. The contagious disease has affected …
Hypotheses about the genesis of novel H1N1 influenza (the pandemic strain of swine flu) range far and wide. Some public health and epidemiology experts are taking a fresh look at concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) , which they say provide ideal conditions that facilitate the mutation of viral pathogens into …
Tripura Animal Resource Development Department (ARDD) has sent the first consignment of blood and dead bird samples to Belgachhia testing laboratory in Kolkata today following sudden death of about 3,000 birds, including poultry fowl during the past week in the villages of Kamalpur bordering Bangladesh in North Tripura. ARDD Director …
A free mass vaccination-cum-treatment camp for the livestock of the fringe villages of Orang National Park was held recently. The camp vaccinated around 971 cattles and buffaloes against HS and BQ as a pre-monsoon preventive measures to form an immune belt in the park. This was stated in a press …
Almost thousands of birds, including chickens and ducks, have died of an unknown disease in the Bangladesh-bordering villages of Kamalpur division in north Tripura during the past fortnight, BSF officials said here today. The villagers had reportedly been noticing abnormal tiredness among the birds, both domestic and wild, and they …
Two more persons have died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the death toll in the country worst hit by the virus to 107, said the Health Ministry on Monday. One of the victims was a 15-year-old boy and the second was a 12-year-old girl, said Ministry official Lily Sulistyowati …
With the latest outbreak of bird flu in Jalpaiguri, a district of bordering Bangladesh, the Central government on Friday reviewed the situation at a high-level meeting here on Friday. Union Cabinet Secretary B.K. Chaturvedi convened a meeting with West Bengal Chief Secretary Amit Kiran Deb here to discuss the situation …
Ducks, rice and human beings, and not chickens are the "most significant factors' behind persistent outbreaks of bird flu, a new study has claimed. The study released by United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) found ducks, rice and people not chickens to be the "most significant factors' in the …
BANGKOK, Thailand: Rabbit fever, a disease that can be lethal if not treated early, has killed a woman in Thailand, marking the country's first reported case, a health official said Wednesday. The 37-year-old woman from Prachuap Khiri Khan province, about 230 kilometers (149 miles) south of Bangkok, died last month …
The death of 800 chickens over the past five days in a State poultry farm in West Bengal's Malda district has led to fears of a fresh outbreak of bird flu in the region. Reports on the samples sent for testing in the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal …
A pigeon lover in Dinhata lost 30 birds from his collection of over 200 in the past two days, sending officials of the animal resources development (ARD) department scurrying to his residence at Kharija-Baniadaha to collect samples. "We have culled the rest of the pigeons and burnt the boxes in …
The resurgence of the dreaded bird flu in West Bengal, barely a month after the state government claimed to have controlled it, is not at all a surprise, considering the ham-handed manner in which the culling and other disease-containment measures were handled when it first struck in January. The fear …
Nearly 50,000 birds are to be culled in the areas surrounding two parts of West Bengal's Murshidabad district from where there have been reports of a fresh attack of avian flu. The culling operations that began on Monday will continue till March 12, Minister for Animal Resources Development Anisur Rahaman …
Shimla: Unchecked over-the-counter sale of globally banned veterinary drug diclofenac in Himachal Pradesh has put a question mark on the government's effort in phasing out the drug that has been proven fatal for the endangered vulture. After a steep fall in vulture count, which was related to use of diclofenac …
Nearly a month after 3.5 million birds were culled in a bid to control the avian influenza that had affected 14 out of 19 districts, the West Bengal Government is once again gearing up to tackle a fresh outbreak. The administration received confirmation on Saturday night that several samples had …
Fresh cases of bird flu have been confirmed in a West Bengal district, almost a month after officials expressed hope that the avian flu had been finally controlled with the culling of around four million birds. "We received confirmation on Saturday of bird flu in two villages of Murshidabad district. …
Barely a month after the West Bengal government had announced to have restrained the bird flu virus, fresh cases of the disease have been detected in the Murshidabad district of the state. Anisur Rahman, animal resources minister of West Bengal has confirmed the outbreak in two villages in the district, …
About 80,000 chickens and ducks were culled and over Rs 20 lakh given as compensation to the affected people in Asom during the recent culling operation undertaken to avert the outbreak of avian flu in the State, especially in the districts bordering West Bengal. State Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Minister …
Though there seems to be increased concerns for the conservation of wildlife in the State, the threatened habitat of the wild boars in the Poba Reserve Forest (RF) seems to have eluded attention. The Poba RF is situated at Jonai, under Dhemaji district and around 100 km from Dhemaji town. …
