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

Ominous gene transfer

Genes from drug-resistant bacteria enter bacteria in soil and water

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

Disease claims over 2,000 pigs in Mizoram's Champhai district

Besides Champhai, another region called Lunglei has also shown cases of infection, but the casualties are far less

African Swine Fever reaches the Far North; 50 pigs to be culled in Swedish county after infections in wild boar

Sweden is the 24th country in Europe to report outbreaks of ASF within its borders  

African swine fever: Highly contagious virus hit 49 countries since 2021

Only way to contain the virus is to cull the infected, in-contact pigs and bury them in lime-treated deep trenches

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 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

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New influenza virus isolated in pigs in China has pandemic potential

Human-to-human transmission possible, pre-existing immunity against flu of no help

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, …

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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

COVID-19: Is India equipped to carry out clinical trials on vaccines?

The country does not have the animals for such pre-clinical trials

Delhi's new public health concern—Japanese encephalitis

Did pigs bring it?

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Rare pygmy hogs released into wild

The real pandemic

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

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 …

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 …

Ecuador's foot-and-mouth outbreak affects meat and dairy exports

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 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 …