CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The animals will have to be captured for vaccination, said a Gujarat government official, asking not to be named.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first vaccine against canine distemper was developed by the Italian Vittorio Puntoni. In 1923 and 1924, Puntoni published two articles in which he added formalin to brain tissue from infected dogs to create a vaccine which successfully prevented the disease in healthy dogs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. Canine distemper virus (CDV) has led to many deaths of lions in the Gir sanctuary.

Detailed explanation-4: -Canine distemper virus (CDV; genus Morbillivirus) causes highly contagious disease in a wide range of carnivores. Epizootic disease in lions in a wildlife sanctuary in California, USA, in 1992 and Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, in 1994 underlined the potential of CDV to cause fatality in wild felids (1,2).

Detailed explanation-5: -The first vaccine against distemper was developed in 1923 but was not commercially available to veterinarians until the 1950’s, when it became common for people to vaccinate their dogs against this deadly illness.