Ciprofloxacin for India's crows..

[This is related to the article posted regarding Medication in the water, posted on Dec. 4th. That article can be located here]

Citizens handed Ciprofloxacin, Laxin to battle mystery ailment
Monday, 05 December 2011 21:59
Alarmed by the death of crows in parts of Jharkhand including Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Chatra and Khunti districts, the State animal husbandry department has swung into action to control the situation.
The department has provided two medicines —Ciprofloxacin and Laxin — to volunteers and asked them to feed the crow a mixture of rice and the two drugs. The staff and volunteers, who have been deputed to dispose of carcasses, have been provided with Personal Protection Equipment kit as a precautionary measure. The Municipal Corporation of Ranchi has also been asked to provide staff for speedy and hygienic disposal of crow carcasses. The department has urged the citizens not to panic in the face of the sudden outbreak of corvine deaths in the State.
Meanwhile, BJP leader Saryu Roy has said that he would raise the issue of crow deaths along with other environmental issues to the Central Pollution Control Board and the Union Forest and Environment Minister.
“People in affected areas have been strictly asked not to touch the dead crows and have been provided with the medicine that must be mixed with boiled rice and fed to the crows. This has been quite effective and has decreased the death rate of the crows in the State,” said Dr SS Baitha, District Animal Husbandry Officer. He added that as a precautionary measure, the medicines Ciprofloxacin and Laxin are being given to the crows of the affected areas as well as in those prospective areas where there is a dense habitat of crows.
“The department also expects civilians to cooperate as without their help, the situation cannot be brought under control,” Baitha said.
“After the outbreak of the disease, blood samples from the birds were sent for tests. We can’t say anything about the disease until arrival of the test results,” Rajnikant Tirkey, deputy director of the department, said. There are signs of decrease in the death toll of the crows after precautions were taken by the department. The carcasses of the birds need proper disposal as the disease may spread to humans in the form of an epidemic, department sources said. http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/ranchi/25557-citizens-handed-ciprofloxacin-laxin-to-battle-mystery-ailment.html