GBRC Testing Vaccine to Stop Killer Virus among Lions
                     GBRC Testing Vaccine to Stop Killer 
Virus among Lions 
 
According to a report from the Gujarat ministry of environment, forest 
and climate change, the Gujarat forest department is in the process of 
purchasing 1,000 doses of purevax ferret distemper vaccine from Merial 
Inc. in the United States (MoEFCC). A total of 1,300 doses of the 
vaccine used to treat canine distemper virus (CDV) in lions were 
purchased in 2018, with 1,100 doses being used. Following a high 
number of lion deaths, up to 85 between January and May, the Centre 
has recommended that the Gujarat government form a special committee 
of specialists to investigate the cause. 
 
The CDV or any other disease that caused the majestic beasts' demise 
was not substantiated by the MoEF & CC report. The East Division of 
Gir forest has seen 59 deaths, according to the report. In less than two 
months in 2018, the deadly CDV claimed the lives of at least 27 Asiatic 
Lions in this area. 
The survey results show the total mortality in the Asiatic lion landscape 
for the calendar years 2018 and 2019 was 112 and 134, respectively. The 
new vaccines have begun to arrive, according to forest department 
sources, and the lions may be given them soon. 
The CDV or any other disease that caused the majestic beasts' demise 
was not substantiated by the MoEF & CC report. The Gir East Division 
has seen 59 deaths, according to the report. In less than two months in 
2018, the deadly CDV claimed the lives of at least 27 Asiatic Lions in 
this area. 
 
According to the findings of the survey, the total mortality in the Asiatic 
lion landscape for the calendar years 2018 and 2019 was 112 and 134, 
respectively. The new vaccines have begun to arrive, according to forest 
department sources, and the lions may be given them soon. 
According to a researcher from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), if 
the ferret vaccination is employed, it should be administered to zoo lions 
rather than wild lions, according to a researcher from the Wildlife 
Institute of India (WII). 
The MoEF&CC report accelerated the development of CDV vaccines 
for the Asiatic Lion strain discovered in Gir National Park and addressed 
its efficacy. 
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