A free dog vaccination camp was organised by Blue Cross Society, Assam recently on the occasion of "World Zoonosis Day' in the Teaching Veterinary Complex, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara. The World Zoonosis Day is celebrated to create awareness about the diseases communicable to animals to human and vice versa. Rabies, tuberculosis etc are some of the important zoonotic diseases that kill millions of people worldwide every year.

A training camp to train up veterinary doctors, field assistants and Rapid Response Team members of all the veterinary dispensaries of Goalpara district on bird-flu ended at Goalpara on July 4, said Veterinary Officer of the district Dr K K Dutta. The Government of India-sponsored training camp was joined by three experts from the Khanapara-based North Eastern Regional Disease Diagnosis Laboratory as resource persons.

B Ravichandran | ENS Udhagamandalam HAS the fatal canine distemper spreading in the forests here and taking the toll of carnivores? This was the question raised by wildlife activists as the death of a wild dog at Singur Reserve Forest(SRF) near here caused flutters here. Wildlife activists, who preferred anonymity , said a wild dog, a most feared predator next to tigers and panthers, listed in the schedule -2 category in the rare wild animals list, was found dead off the Vazahithottam checkpost on the Anikatti Road at SRF about a week ago.

cheetahs in captivity are suffering from an ailment about which very little is known. In a new study, researchers from Japan and China have tried to show how the disease spreads among the population. The disease is a protein disorder similar to the mad cow disease where normal proteins get converted to abnormal proteins. These then get deposited in organs such as liver and spleen, the

An outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations the White House is considering for a new high-security research laboratory would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than from the isolated island laboratory where such research is now conducted, says a new report published Friday. The 1,005-page Homeland Security Department report said chances of such an outbreak

A new-style bird flu vaccine made using monkey cells instead of chicken eggs appears to be safe and effective, corporate researchers reported on Wednesday. The vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza, made by Baxter International, is the first bird flu vaccine to be made using cells in a lab dish instead of chicken eggs. This is important because the right type of chicken eggs are difficult to obtain

We all love our pets. Pets are fun and part of our family. We think of our pets as a good companion and friend. They keep our homes lively but certainly do not always guarantee good health unless tended to carefully, for they can rain down illness when you are least prepared. Having pets in our lives requires certain simple measures of hygiene for our homes, our pets and us. This will help avoid as far as possible, contamination by micro-organisms often carried by animals. These germs and parasites can pass onto us without us knowing and make us ill.

Allows Import Of Biothrax To See Effect On Animals India may soon be able to stockpile a vaccine to protect both its military and civilians against a possible attack with one of the world's most feared biological weapon