This research is “a significant step,” said Dr. Andrew Adams of the University of Minnesota Medical School, who was not part of the work.
In July this year, several media reports said large number of pigs are dying from African swine fever in China's top hog-producing province.
At a time when vaccine distribution to states across India is in full swing ahead of the January 16 launch, the Congress party has raised questions on the safety, compatibility of India's homegrown Covid vaccine named COVAXIN, asking the government how it can be rolled out when it is yet to clear phase-3 trials.
On Friday, Musk brought three pigs which had different levels of interests in cooperating and one out of the three pigs, Gertrude which had the computer chip planted in his brain, showed the signs of early steps toward the goal of curing human diseases with the similar kind of implant. It began sniffing a straw and eating off of a stool which displayed a drastic difference in a graph tracking the animal’s neural activity.
Four pigs and half a dozen piglets were seen in a corridor of a state-run hospital in Karnataka's northern Kalaburagi district, an official admitted on Sunday.
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Minister Atul Bora on Thursday informed that about 14,919 pigs have died of the African Swine flu in the state. He said the government has demanded ₹144 crores for the culling of pigs in Assam.
Assam's Animal Husbandry Minister Atul Bora on May 12 informed that the African swine flu has now claimed lives of 14,465 pigs across 10 districts in the state.
The outbreak of African swine fever (AFS) has claimed more than 13,000 pigs in the last few days in parts of Assam, affecting the livelihood of hundreds of people involved in the animal husbandry in the state, an official said.
Even as the country is reeling under the deadly spread of coronavirus, Assam has been gripped by African swine fever which has resulted in the deaths of 2600 pigs so far, state's Animal Husbandry Minister Atul Bora told.
The Assam government on Sunday said the first instance of African Swine Flu has been detected in the north eastern state which has already killed around 2,500 pigs across 306 villages.
The Meghalaya government on Monday banned the import of pigs after a spike in deaths of the animal was reported from some districts in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, according to a notification.
Poland is witnessing the second outbreak of an infectious virus, African swine fever (ASF), that has infected over 33,000 pigs in 2 stints within 20 days. The first stint of the outbreak was reported on March 23 when 23,700 pigs got infected near village of Niedoradz in Lubsz province of Poland.
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