African Swine Fever detected in the North West
Zeerust in the North West has reportedly been hit by an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak. It was reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Wednesday, according to the Department
Avian Flu
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Culling of birds ordered in Agartala
AGARTALA, March 7: H5 strains of avian influenza have been confirmed in the poultry samples collected from State Poultry Farm at Gandhigram, Agartala, Tripura. The samples collected from the infected site were forwarded to the ERDDL, Kolkata and High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL), Bhopal for testing.
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Fresh cases of bird flu in Tripura
AGARTALA, March 6: Fresh cases of avian influenza or bird flu have been detected in another Tripura poultry farm, and culling of birds is expected to start on Monday, an official said here on Sunday.
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Mystery disease kills fauna in Sipahijala
Sipahijala sanctuary Agartala, March 3: Close on the heels of an avian flu outbreak in the state, an unidentified disease has claimed the lives of 10 birds of varied species and three animals in the Sipahijala sanctuary in the past three days. Authorities of the santuary, 30km south of this town, have initiated precautionary measures and closed the zoo and bird sanctuary to public.
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Now, GM chickens to fight bird flu
Scientists Develop Birds That Don
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UK develops GM chickens that dont spread bird flu
British scientists have developed genetically modified (GM) chickens that cannot transmit bird flu infections
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Process on to check Bird Flu
SURI, 27 DEC: The district animal resource development (ARD) department has begun vaccinating country chickens as part of its anti-bird flu measure. The department has engaged self-help groups (SHG) from various blocks to do the job. The ARD department started the vaccination programme after temperature started dipping from the middle of December as H5N1 virus usually spreads at low temperature.
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Need to prevent outbreak of pandemic diseases
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: There is need for a concerted and coordinated effort by different countries to promote awareness and prevent outbreak of a pandemic like avian influenza, said officials of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) here on Monday. A disease like the bird flu is not the problem for India alone, it is the problem of a region and needs to be addressed as such, it said.
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International team to guide on bird flu
The Food and Agriculture Organisation
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No easing of bird flu impact on shuttlecock biz
Avian influenza that hit poultry all over the globe in recent years has left the Indian shuttlecock manufacturing industry crippled. The disease that forced various countries to cull lakhs of birds in an effort to restrain spreading the flu is still haunting the traders.
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India foils Chinese bid to patent pudina
New Delhi: India has foiled a major Chinese bio-piracy bid to patent the use of medicinal plants