{"id":59737,"date":"2018-10-26T07:21:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T07:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=59737"},"modified":"2018-10-26T07:21:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T07:21:58","slug":"canine-distemper-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/canine-distemper-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Canine Distemper Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Which of the following national park was recently in news being affected by Canine Distemper Virus (CDV)?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(a)Keoladeo national park<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(b)Gir national park<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(c)Dudhwa national park<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(d)Corbett national park<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer:( b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) that has caused the death of five Asiatic lions in Gir Forest, Gujarat has been completely recovered by the scientists from ICMR-NIV for the first time in India.<\/li>\n<li>In the past, CDV has wiped out 30% of the lion population in the Serengeti Forests in East Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- CM_SSGCP_Responsive_HP --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"4711430853\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Considering the threat posed by CDV, ICMR has requested centre to take immediate steps to save Asiatic lions, which are heading towards extinction.<\/li>\n<li>As a precautionary measure, 300 shots of CDV vaccine are being imported from the US.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Canine Distemper Virus (CDV):\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Canine distemper virus is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects dogs. The virus is not a risk to either human health (does not present any symptoms) or food safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- ssgc-in-link-res --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2092339075\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Canine distemper virus (CDV) is an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus that is part of the Paramyxovirus family, specifically the Morbillivirus class of viruses and is closely related to the measles virus, which affects humans.<\/li>\n<li>It can also be found in other wildlife such as foxes, wolves, coyotes, racoons, skunks, mink and ferrets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/info.virox.com\/hubfs\/VAH_Resources_\/PDFs\/Factsheet_CanineDistemperVirus_April2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/info.virox.com\/hubfs\/VAH_Resources_\/PDFs\/Factsheet_CanineDistemperVirus_April2016.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/canine-distemper-virus-cdv-found-to-be-cause-of-death-in-gir-lions\/article25135167.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/canine-distemper-virus-cdv-found-to-be-cause-of-death-in-gir-lions\/article25135167.ece<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/gujarat-starts-vaccinating-gir-lions-against-canine-distemper-virus\/article25150425.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/gujarat-starts-vaccinating-gir-lions-against-canine-distemper-virus\/article25150425.ece<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/containing-a-virus\/article25185548.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/containing-a-virus\/article25185548.ece<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which of the following national park was recently in news being affected by Canine Distemper Virus (CDV)? (a)Keoladeo national park (b)Gir national park (c)Dudhwa national park (d)Corbett national park Answer:( b) Related facts: Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) that has caused the death of five Asiatic lions in Gir Forest, Gujarat has been completely recovered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1131],"tags":[2377],"class_list":["post-59737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dssn","tag-defensescience-short-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}