AHMEDABAD: The much-awaited field trial of Covid-19 vaccine on the big cats finally began at Sakkarbaug zoo in Junagadh with the first doses administered to three leopards and two lions. None of the five caged animals are part of the zoo's conservation breeding programme.
Jagdishbhai Panchal, minister of state for forest, environment and climate change, confirmed the trial and said that all the five animals are doing fine at present and are being continuously monitored by the team of veterinary doctors. "A team of vaccine developers from ICAR-National Research injected the first dose of the vaccine into the animals," he said.
