New Delhi/Mumbai. Where on the one hand, Corona has affected humans as well as animals. But for humans, Corona Vaccine was made, but for animals nothing like this had happened so far. However, India has got a great success in this direction. Yes, according to the news received, scientists of the Central Horse Research Institute located in Hisar, Haryana have prepared the first vaccine of corona for animals.
At the same time, now the central government is also planning to trial this vaccine on lion and leopard. However, the necessary trials have already been done on 23 ‘dogs’ and they have also been successful in this. Antibodies have also developed in these dogs after 21 days.
Trial will be done on 15 animals
It is worth mentioning that the Sakkarbagh Zoo in Junagadh, Gujarat is a nodal facility for breeding of lions, which has more than 70 lions and 50 leopards. Right here now this vaccine will be tested on 15 animals. The second dose of this vaccine will also be applied with an interval of 28 days.
At the same time, after giving the second dose, how the animals are developing antibodies will also be monitored for about two months. Zoo director Abhishek Kumar said that after getting the final approval from the center, the vaccination trial will also start.
15 lions died of corona
Let us tell the readers that, a few months ago, 15 lions died due to infection at the Vandalur Zoo in Chennai. At the same time, it was also revealed in the investigation that these lions were infected with the delta variant. There have been many studies of the spread of this virus from humans to animals and then from animals to humans. At the same time, in view of the intensity of the case, the Uddhav government at the center itself directed ICAR-NRCE to develop a corona vaccine for animals. Were.