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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Avian influenza surveillance in wild migratory, resident, domestic birds and in poultry in Maharashtra and Manipur, India
<p>India reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in poultry in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (February-April 2006); Manipur (July 2007); West Bengal (January 2008) and Tripura (April 2008).</p>
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Centre to back Bird Flu project
The Union health ministry along with US-AID is doing a project in seven districts in the state to identify susceptible areas of Avian Flu and measures that could be taken to prevent the spread of the disease.
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According to report
Pesticides in veggies: A government of India survey found high levels of pesticides in fruits and vegetables. Fourteen per cent of the samples collected from across the country had traces of pesticide residues. Four per cent had residues beyond the permissible limit. Pesticide residues were also found in cereals, pulses, marine and milk products. Landfills harbour bird flu: Poultry
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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.
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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 rural areas of Uttar Dinajpur in West Bengal, not far from the Assam and Bangladesh border.
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Seeking shikimic
A major component of the bird flu drug, it is in short supply one way to prepare for the bird flu epidemic is to store large quantities of the drug Tamiflu. The drug blocks the enzyme responsible for helping the virus break the host cell membrane to get out, and so
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Pandemic threats: what is to be done
K. Srinath Reddy Whether it is livestock breeding in factory farms and accompanying deforestation that contributes to global warming and zoonotic infections, or increasing automobile density, which depletes fossil fuels and escalates heart and lung diseases by changing activity patterns and air quality, environmental and health concerns are linked by common causes.
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Man is Responsible for Disease
Man creates pandemics and then slaughters thousands of animals, supposedly to
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Just a few mutations away
Virology Will the H1N1 virus trigger a pandemic similar to the 1918, 1957 and the 1968 events? Kalyan Ray cites researcher Daniel Perez, who showed that an avian flu virus requires relatively fewer mutations to spread rapidly between mammals. With the world overcoming the initial pangs over swine flu (H1N1) outbreak, new questions have come up on the Mexican H1N1 virus
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Centre mulls H1N1 virus test lab at Dibrugarh
NEW DELHI, May 5