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Vaccination against deadly Canine Distemper Virus
October 9 , 2018
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- Gujarat Forest Department has started vaccination of lions in Gir sanctuary to protect them from a deadly Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) and protozoa infections.
- The virus is blamed for the death of as many as 23 lions in Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary in less than a month.
- According to the last census conducted in 2015, the number of lions in Gir sanctuary stood at 523.
- Gir sanctuary is the only wild population of Asiatic lions in the world.
- CDV is highly contagious disease that attacks gastrointestinal, respiratory, central nervous systems, immune system and other vital organs in animals.
- CDV is considered dangerous virus and is blamed for wiping out 30% population of African lions in East African forests.
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