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India may be a hotspot for future zoonotic disease

The State of the World’s Forests 2022 report has cited India and China as the two most likely hotspots for the emergence of future zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that spread from animals to humans. The most prominent example of this in recent years is COVID-19, thought to have potentially originated from …

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Zoonotic diseases must be a priority in India

Zoonotic diseases have long been a blight to India. COVID-19 has underlined this issue, but India is no stranger to a host of other zoonotic diseases.   In an exclusive interview with BusinessLine, Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying introduced the concept of “One Health”. The One Health framework underlines …

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Zoonoses: Preserving biodiversity is the key

This week marked an importance observance which went overlooked by large swathes of the media, including this publication. World Zoonoses Day took place on July 6th, coinciding with the anniversary of the first rabies vaccine administered by French biologist Dr Louis Pasteur in 1885.  Zoonoses, as explained by the World Health Organization (WHO), refer to …

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India is no stranger to zoonotic disease

Coronavirus now joins the ranks of other zoonotic diseases such as swine flu that have caused issues on a global scale — with coronavirus affecting countries across the globe at a scale unprecedented in living memory. However, India is no stranger to zoonotic diseases. Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) or ‘monkey fever’ is a disease known …

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