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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

25 TB infected elephents in poor shape (kp 10/05/2008)

50 cattle died of unidentified disease in Nepal (Xinhua 04/09/2007)

Decayed rice kills local goats, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 05/07/2007)

Haemorrhagic Septicemia Endemic in Nepal: Disease major cause of cattle death, by Dambaru Ballab Kattel (on 14/05/2007)

PPR outbreak in Kalikot, by Tularam Pandey (kp 20/04/2007)

Mystery disease kills nine mules (samn 29/10/2006)

800 Chickens Killed in Far-west Nepal (nln 22/03/2006)

Birds in Morang did not die of bird flu: Officials (nn 20/03/2006), No virus of bird flu found in dead birds in eastern Nepal: research (People's Daily 21/03/2006)

No pigeons at shrines: Over 3 dozens birds die (kp 20/03/2006)

Combating avian flu, by Badri Raj Pande (kp 17/03/2006)

No bird flu detected in Nepal: veterinarian (People's Daily 07/03/2006)

Poultry sector in Nepal limping to normal (People's Daily 06/03/2006)

Pigs die of mysterious disease in eastern Nepal (TMC Net 05/03/2006)

High Alert: The detection of bird flu in the neighboring countries put Nepal under high risk of contracting the dreaded disease, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 03/03/2006)

600 chicken died in Nepal, not due to bird flu: official (Xinhua 28/02/2006), Bird flu rumour hits Nuwakot business (samn 28/02/2006), 1,000 chickens die near Kathmandu, but no bird flu symptoms (nk 28/02/2006)

Police seize crates of chicken (samn 23/02/2006)

Chicken, eggs sales decline in the Valley, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 22/02/2006)

Bird Flu menace: Govt asks importers not to buy poultry from India (nn 19/02/2006), Nepal bans Indian poultry products on bird flu fears (Reuters 20/02/2006), Nepal bans Indian poultry imports after India reports bird flu (Khaleej Times 20/02/2006), Nepal bans import of poultry from India (Mid Day 20/02/2006), High Risk of Bird-flue in Nepal, Livestock Dept Bans Import of Poultry from India (nln 20/02/2006), Nepal at risk of bird flu: WHO, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 20/02/2006), Alert along border with India, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 20/02/2006), WHO alerts Nepal on bird flu menace (kp 21/02/2006), Avian flu (kp 21/02/2006), Ban on poultry imports to check bird flu (samn 21/02/2006), No bird flu in Nepal as yet: Officials (nn 21/02/2006), Nepal checks for symptoms of bird flu, monitors borders (hi 22/02/2006), 'Wild birds not cause of avian flu' (samn 25/02/2006)

Anti-rabies vaccination for stray dogs (samn 05/02/2006)

Veterinary centre sans medicines (samn 30/12/2005)

Villagers frantically search anti-rabies vaccine (kp 11/12/2005)

Rabies claims three persons, cattle in Taplejung (rn 18/08/2005)

Scorching heat kills 50,000 chickens (kp 28/06/2005)

Unknown disease kills over 5,000 animals (kp 29/05/2005

Quarantine suggested to check cattle diseases (rn 29/04/2004)

Artificial insemination of cattle popular in Jhapa (ht 05/01/2004)

20 Terai dists highly affected by rabies (rn 22/11/2003)

Foot and mouth disease kills over 50 cattle (Kathmandu Post, 24/08/2003)

Sheep, goats given PPR vaccination (Kathmandu Post, 17/06/2003)

Outbreak of cattle disease in Salyan (Kathmandu Post, 02/06/2003)

Lab for bird diseases soon to function (Kathmandu Post, 04/12/2002)

Nepal to have her own rabies vaccine for animals soon, by Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 27/07/2002)

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