African Swine Fever threatens India’s Pygmy Hog, other Asian wild pig species: ‘Science’ article
The world's rarest and smallest wild pig species is “extremely susceptible to extinction” from ASF due to its small populations and …
India now has 212 indigenous livestock breeds after ICAR-NBAGR registers 10 new ones
The 10 new breeds included three new cattle, one buffalo, three goats and three pigs
African Swine Fever scare: 700 pigs culled in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh
The infection has spread like wildfire in the area, according to local veterinarian doctors
Antimicrobial resistance: How biosecurity in livestock can be a tool to improve animal health, reduce antimicrobial use
Inability to measure biosecurity and hygiene status of a farm has been a major obstacle
African Swine Fever hits ICAR centre in Assam, state govt’s farm; 292 pigs culled
Exact cause of disease’s spread to both facilities not ascertained yet; losses to the tune of Rs 6-7 lakh incurred
Over half of India’s cattle, goats, sheep and swine are non-descript: Government
New government report finds fewer indigenous individuals among these species, although experts blame non-registration of breeds as a reason
Worms thriving in brains, Assam’s tea garden workers lose lives, livelihoods
Neurocysticercosis triggered by tapeworms that easily travel between humans and pigs present a real, imminent danger of zoonosis; an …
African swine fever: Forgotten contagion
Viruses, it seems, are at war with life forms. While the world is struggling with the novel coronavirus, another one has been killing pigs, …
African swine fever killed over 9,000 pigs in Mizoram
The first ASF outbreak was reported 100 years ago in Kenya
Every Mizoram district feared swept by African swine fever
The disease has invaded even isolated pig farms in the northeastern state
The worst of Nagaland’s African swine fever outbreak may be over, say officials
No fresh cases have been reported in two weeks in the state
Illegal pig import may be behind African swine fever outbreak in Manipur, say officials
Strict containment measures have been enforced in affected areas in the absence of a vaccine or treatment
First human-monkey embryos created – a small step towards a huge ethical problem
We believe monkeys to have lower moral status than humans; but what about human-monkey chimeras?
Lethal guinea pig test scrapped by Bureau of Indian Standards
The old test, in which the animals bled to death, has been replaced by a new one that incorporates a polymerase chain reaction
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‘African swine fever may have come to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam from Tibet’
Swaraj Rajkhowa, acting director of ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati, speaks to DTE on African swine fever and pork meat ban …
Global Eco Watch: Polar bears could become extinct by 2100, says study
Is intensive livestock production responsible for emerging infectious diseases
It is high time we recognise the connection between people, animals, plants and their shared environment
New influenza virus isolated in pigs in China has pandemic potential
Human-to-human transmission possible, pre-existing immunity against flu of no help
Organic livestock farming: A revolution in the making
Ensuring a profound balance in the functionalities between the organic suppliers and the global market might just turn out to be most influential …
COVID-19: Possible link between virus, intensive pig farming, says study
SARS-CoV-2 may have transmitted from infected pigs to a farm worker, from pig meat to the human food chain or from pig faeces into the environment,…
Livestock not susceptible to novel coronavirus: study
Ferrets, cats highly susceptible to being infected
COVID-19: Is India equipped to carry out clinical trials on vaccines?
The country does not have the animals for such pre-clinical trials
African swine fever runs riot across Asia; Is India next?
A whopping 3.7 million pigs have been culled across East and Southeast Asia since the disease struck China in August last year
Pork industry cautious but not worried about African swine fever yet
While the disease has led to culling of 600,000 swine in China in the last five months, Indian breeders and sellers don't yet feel threatened by it
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