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India Committed to Control Foot and Mouth Disease of Cattle: Shri Rawat

(Press Release) The Minister said, “The biggest impediment to growth of the livestock sector is the prevalence of Foot and Mouth Disease in the country after Rinderpest. This adversely affects the performance of the animals, resulting into direct economic losses, …

BIRD FLU MENACE

(Republica) Following the discovery of H5N1 virus, hundreds and thousands of chickens were culled in Sunsari, Ilam and Panchthar last week. Perhaps this is the first time such a huge number of birds have been affected by bird flu in Nepal.

Undetected H5N1 cases seem few, but questions persist

(CIDRAP News) The fatality rate for officially confirmed human cases of H5N1 avian influenza infection is a stunningly high 59% (345 deaths in 584 cases). But the current controversy over publishing data about transmissible H5N1 viruses has revived a debate about whether the virus is as lethal as those numbers say. Some proponents of publishing  Read More »

Pakistani Officials Order Anthrax Checks of All Mail Sent to Provincial Leaders

(Global Security Newswire) Pakistani security officials have ordered that all mail intended for the chief minister and governor of a regional northwest province be examined for anthrax, Central Asia Online reported on Friday. Personnel at the officials’ residences in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have been told to be on the alert for parcels containing the bacteria,  Read More »

Nepal, Vietnam, and India find more H5N1 in poultry

(CIDRAP News) Animal health officials in Nepal yesterday reported H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks at farms in the eastern part of the country, while Vietnam and India reported more detections in poultry. Following massive poultry deaths on …

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