Latest Babesiosis News & Updates

Amreli, May 26 (IANS) Five Asiatic lions, including three cubs, have died in Gujarat’s Gir landscape over the past 10 days, with forest authorities suspecting babesiosis — a tick-borne parasitic disease — in four of the cases, while one cub is believed to have died in infighting among lions.State Forest and Environment Minister Arjun Modhwadia said reports claiming a wider outbreak among Gir lions were emerged and clarified that only two lion deaths were officially suspected to be linked d…