New Disease Goat Pox is Detected in Mizoram

A disease called Goat Pox is behind the mass deaths of Serows, a wild goat-antelope animal that is Mizoram’s state animal and a Schedule-1 protected species under India’s Wildlife Protection Act, according to veterinary experts who warn “Serows in Mizoram are under threat of extinction” and that the disease is zoonotic, meaning it can also spread to humans. the virus which causes Goat Pox — capripox — was detected in laboratory tests. The college is an affiliate of the Central Agricultural University in Imphal.