Over 80 Pigs Die in Mizoram Village, Triggering Panic Over African Swine Fever Suspicion 05/04/2021
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Aizawl: More than 80 pigs died in south Mizoram’s Lunglei district over the last two weeks, triggering panic in the area that is near the Bangladesh border, an official said on Sunday.
The 87 deaths, which happened in the Lungsen village, have caused losses to the tune of Rs 40 lakh, he said.
“Though the cause of the deaths is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the animals died due to African Swine Fever (ASF),” said Lalhmingthanga, the joint director of the animal husbandry and veterinary department.
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Kanneboyina Nagaraju received his bachelor s degree in veterinary medicine from the College of Veterinary Sciences, Tirupati, India, in 1986; his master s degree in veterinary immunology from the prestigious Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, in 1989; and his PhD in immunology from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India in 1995. Immediately after completing his PhD, he came to the United States to do a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md.
After completing this fellowship in 1999, he became a tenure-track assistant professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md. In 2005, he joined the Research Center of Genetic Medicine, Children s Research Institute of the Children s National Medical Center (CNMC) and was appointed an associate professor of pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicin
Odisha: Four Elephants Die Within 11 Days in Wildlife Sanctuary
The principal chief conservator of forest Sashi Pal said the jumbo deaths were due to some bacterial infection.
Representative image: Indian elephant bull in musth in Bandipur National Park. Credit: WIkimedia Commons/Yathin S Krishnappa
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Bhawanipatna: At least four female elephants have died within 11 days at Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, official sources said.
The latest jumbo death was reported on Thursday when forest officials found carcasses of a female elephant by the side of Ghusurigudi Nullha, a water body inside the sanctuary. Similarly, one elephant death was reported on February 10, 2021 and February 9, 2021 from the same Ghusurigudi area, the official said.
»5 Elephants Die Within 13 Days in Odisha s Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, Officials Blame Infected Water Bodies
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5 Elephants Die Within 13 Days in Odisha s Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, Officials Blame Infected Water Bodies
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The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Sashi Pal said, the elephant deaths were due to some bacterial infection.
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Five elephants have died within a gap of 13 days inside Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary in Kalahandi district of Odisha, officials said. All the carcasses were found near water bodies, they said.
The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Sashi Pal said, the elephant deaths were due to some bacterial infection. The water bodies in the sanctuary may have been infected, he said.