National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases

Bird Flu: Kerala Poultry Farmers Demand Better Compensation, Advanced Lab

A Greater Indian fruit bat in flight. Credit: Trikansh sharma/Wikimedia Commons, CC0

The Absence of Evidence for Nipah in Fruit Bats Is Not Evidence of Absence

Kozhikode: Animal Husbandry department and forest officials collect bats from a well of a house after the outbreak of 'Nipah' virus, near Perambra in Kozhikode on Monday. The Nipah virus has so far claimed three lives in Kerala while one person is undergoing treatment and 8 others are under observation in Kozhikode district. Credit: PTI

Samples of Fruit-Eating Bats to Be Tested for Nipah Virus