(IN): Kerala Zoo closed indefinitely ( Video Link )

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Link: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070021488

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> *Kerala Zoo closed indefinitely *

>

> Nandagopal

> Saturday, August 4, 2007 (Thiruvananthapuram)

> Thiruvanthapuram zoo has been closed indefinitely following foot and mouth

> disease.

>

> The Thiruvananthapuram Zoo was closed for two weeks in July following the

> outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

>

> Now, barely a week after the zoo was reopened to the public, after

> assurances by the authorities that the outbreak was under control, a wild

> boar has died and foot and mouth disease is suspected to be the cause.

>

> Wild boars at the zoo are being observed after one of them died two days

> ago.

>

> Boars are considered ''amplifier hosts'' for the virus, which means the

> virus, may have become even more resilient.

>

> Zoo authorities are worried even though some of the animals that were

> affected last month have developed a passive resistance to the disease.

>

> ''Chances of recurrence of foot and mouth disease to previously affected

> animals is slight, but nature will decide whether in wild boar a mutant

> variety develops.

>

> ''All the possibilities are there. If the mutation happens, it can be

> dangerous,'' said C S Jayakumar, Veterinary doctor, Thiruvananthapuram Zoo.

>

> Last month the zoo lost 23 animals in the outbreak including 15 black

> bucks and 7 mithun.

>

> And scientists here are yet to locate the origin of the outbreak.

>

> ''Whatever incidents happened in the last three months are being

> correlated to trace the origin of the outbreak,'' said Jayakumar.

>

> After the zoo reopened last week various precautions are being taken.

>

> Neverthelesss the authorities are keeping their fingers crossed.

>

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