Mycotoxin related to Kodo is being said to be the cause of death of 10 elephants in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, read what is it
Samples have been collected and are being sent to the SWFH Forensic Lab for analysis.
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Teams are investigating the case from all possible aspects. The elephants affected by poison include nine females and one male. This problem occurs due to heating of the weather after continuous rain.
Naiduniya, Umaria (Umaria News). Ten out of 13 elephants affected by poison have died in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in three days from October 29 to October 31. The dead elephants include nine females and one male. Agronomist KP Tiwari says that such a problem arises due to heating of the weather after continuous rainfall.
PM of all elephants
Teams of Wildlife Health Officers, SWFH Jabalpur had already conducted the post mortem of nine elephants, the post mortem of the remaining one elephant was conducted on Friday. Samples have been collected and are being sent to the SWFH Forensic Lab for analysis. Veterinarians, who treat sick elephants and play their role in PM, believe that this situation has arisen due to mycotoxin, a fungal infection produced in Kodo.
monitoring investigation
Wildlife veterinarians of the department are in regular touch. To get in-depth information about this mycotoxin, experts from IVRI Bareilly, WIIR Dehradun, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Sagar, CCMB Hyderabad are also being consulted.
Teams are investigating the case from all possible aspects
According to the decision of Madhya Pradesh government, the government’s SIT and STSF teams are investigating the case from all possible aspects. PCCF Wildlife and CWLW (Chief Wildlife Warden) are also at the spot and monitoring the post-mortem and investigation.
incidents that happened before
This year, five people of the same family, residents of village Kudri-Bharri of Gohparu tehsil of Shahdol district, fell ill due to mycotoxin, a fungal infection caused by Kodo, and were admitted to the district hospital for treatment. The doctors had to work hard to save their lives.
During the threshing of Kodo, many bulls died due to eating Kodo.
In the year 1999-2000, many bulls died due to eating Kodo during the threshing of Kodo in a village of Pushparajgarh district of Anuppur district. The experts of that time had taken charge.
It was first identified in Madhya Pradesh in the 1980s.
Agricultural scientist KP Tiwari said that another special thing here is that the mycotoxin, Cyclopiazonic Acid CPA, found in the seeds of Kodo market, was first identified in Madhya Pradesh in the year 1980s.
Mycotoxin Facts Mycotoxins are toxic compounds produced by fungi. Are harmful to human and animal health. Mycotoxins can form in the field and during storage. Eating contaminated food or fodder can result in death from disease. Some major symptoms associated with mycotoxins have been mentioned. These include vomiting, diarrhea, respiratory problems, loss of appetite, tremors.
