In Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, about 450 people in two villages were given rabies vaccine as a precaution after eating food made with milk from a cow that died after a suspected dog bite; the deputy chief medical officer says boiling milk destroys the virus.
HealthFunded by Sylhet City Corporation, the livestock department will vaccinate every dog in the city's 42 wards over 15 days, marking each vaccinated dog with paint.
Mymensingh's SK Hospital treated 20,073 people for animal bites and scratches from January to August, 5,955 of them under 15; vaccine is in stock, but dog vaccination has stopped.
HealthWith rabies still endemic in parts of South Africa and dogs behind most human infections, FOUR PAWS and veterinarians used World Rabies Day on 28 September to call for dog vaccination and warn of the risk to cattle.
LivestockA Hereford heifer in Brown County, Minnesota, tested positive for rabies on 8 September after its owner and vets treated it without gloves; nine people were advised to get post-exposure prophylaxis and 13 cows were quarantined.
LivestockDr Didi Claassen of the South African Veterinary Association says dogs and cats remain the main human risk, but jackals and mongooses infect cattle, and farmers in high-risk areas can add rabies vaccine to herd programmes.
HealthWorld Rabies Day is marked today under the theme 'Rabies elimination: what we must do together'; the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Mohakhali sees 400 to 500 bite and scratch patients a day.
HealthPeople who work with animals face a higher risk of rabies, writes Professor Md Ahsanul Haque of CVASU's One Health Institute; pre-exposure vaccination, protective gear, washing wounds at once and vaccinating dogs are the defence.
Anthrax has spread in two villages of Sundarganj, Gaibandha, after two sick cows were slaughtered and their meat sold; 34 people are affected and only 30,000 of the 45,000 vaccine doses needed have arrived.
LivestockResidents of Radhaganj bazar in Narsingdi's Raipura upazila detained a cattle owner and a meat trader on Monday over the slaughter and sale of a cow said to have rabies; the upazila livestock officer says the owner had been told to isolate the animal and not sell it, and whether anyone who ate the m
EnvironmentThe Bangladesh Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) opened a free clinic for animals in Banani, Dhaka, on 11 February 2026; BNP chairman Tarique Rahman, the association's chief patron, inaugurated it.
EnvironmentThe Planning Commission objected to Tk 15.74 crore for consultants in a Tk 42.64 crore Department of Livestock Services project to vaccinate Dhaka's stray dogs against rabies, Jagonews24 reported in January 2026; officials said experts and field services were needed.
EnvironmentDebjyoti Chakraborty Dwip, a medical assistant at a private clinic in Srimangal, Moulvibazar, has cycled around town and tea estates since 2018 treating sick dogs, cats, birds and other animals, spending a large part of his pay on it, Jagonews24 reported in March 2025.
