The Odisha Government has decided to launch a sterilization drive of stray dogs under Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme with renewed vigour to curb the aggressive behavioural instinct in canine species and put brakes on cases of rabies.
According to a study of rabies trends, using data from the National Health Profile (NHP), a collection of state-wise monthly health condition reports, 2,863 rabies cases in India were reported between 2005 and 2020.
Researchers at the University of Bristol revealed that feeding dogs raw meat increases their chances of excreting E. coli that cannot be killed by the antibiotic ciprofloxacin.
Dogs can be a faster, more precise and less expensive method of detecting Covid-19 than even the best current technology…
A pack of street dogs attacked a girl at a residential society in the Raj Nagar area of Ghaziabad on Saturday.
Are dogs genetically programmed to be sensitive?
Some of the people in the negative group had common cold viruses, to make sure the dogs were able to distinguish Covid from other respiratory infections. The dogs were able to sniff out the disease even when it was caused by different variants.
A responsible pet parent always takes care to feed the pet the right meal, but the festive time does allow for many a slip in the diet plan.
The researchers explored this factor in control tests -- tests that were lacking in previous studies.
The incident came to light due to foul odour emanating from decomposing carcasses.
