Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
14 cheetals die in Gwalior zoo (Madhya Pradesh)
]STAFF WRITER 15:42 HRS IST
Bhopal, May 23 (PTI) Fourteen 'cheetals' have died in a zoo in Gwalior district in last two months due to suspected outbreak of a disease, officials said today.
"The last cheetal (spotted deer) died on May 15. We carried out a post-mortem on May 18," said A K Mithas, Curator of the Gwalior Zoo which is run by the municipal corporation.
Jabalpur-based state veterinary university's Dr A B Shrivastava, who carried out the postmortem,is yet to submit the report, he said.
Alarmed by the cheetal deaths, Mithas said they had called a team from Bareilly-based Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) team which had taken blood samples of cheetals.
The results of these blood tests are awaited, Mithas said.
"We suspect that outbreak of a disease has caused the deaths," he said.
http://ptinews.com/news/664797_14-cheetals-die-in-Gwalior-zoo
]STAFF WRITER 15:42 HRS IST
Bhopal, May 23 (PTI) Fourteen 'cheetals' have died in a zoo in Gwalior district in last two months due to suspected outbreak of a disease, officials said today.
"The last cheetal (spotted deer) died on May 15. We carried out a post-mortem on May 18," said A K Mithas, Curator of the Gwalior Zoo which is run by the municipal corporation.
Jabalpur-based state veterinary university's Dr A B Shrivastava, who carried out the postmortem,is yet to submit the report, he said.
Alarmed by the cheetal deaths, Mithas said they had called a team from Bareilly-based Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) team which had taken blood samples of cheetals.
The results of these blood tests are awaited, Mithas said.
"We suspect that outbreak of a disease has caused the deaths," he said.
http://ptinews.com/news/664797_14-cheetals-die-in-Gwalior-zoo