Mandla (MP), Oct 7 (PTI) A tigress being treated for symptoms of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) infection died in the Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Wednesday.
The three-year-old big cat, which had been kept at the Wildlife Treatment Centre in the Mukki range of the protected forest, died on Tuesday, said Deputy Director PK Verma of Kanha Tiger Reserve.
The animal, which was not from Kanha, had shown symptoms of CDV infection.
Canine distemper is a contagious and often fatal viral disease that can spread from domestic dogs or wild carnivores to endangered tiger populations.
Officials said a patrol team had spotted the tigress in a very weak state on August 26. It had been under the supervision of wildlife veterinarians since August 27. During treatment, symptoms of CDV were detected, they said.
As per the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) standard operating procedures, a wildlife veterinarian from Kanha and another from Baihar jointly conducted the post-mortem examination on Wednesday.
Following the autopsy, the carcass was cremated as per the prescribed procedure. Vital organs and biological samples collected during the post-mortem have been sent to a laboratory in Jabalpur for forensic and pathological examination, officials said. PTI COR MAS NR
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