Fatal Hepatitis and Ticks in a female gaur in Thadagam Reserve Forest

A newspaper report on August 23 2019 from Coimbatore says a female gaur died in an elephant proof trench in the borders of the Thadagam Reserve Forest.

As per the report of the District Forest Officer the cause of death was hepatitis and ticks. 

The gaur known as the Indian Bison is a vulnerable species in the Western Ghats.

Gaurs are magnificent wild animals known to be elusive.

From what source or contact could this female gaur have acquired hepatitis and what were the kind of ticks that caused the death?

A female gaur, believed to be around four years old, was fou ..

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District forest officer Venkatesh said hepatitis and tick in ..

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Proiphys amboinensis flowers continously from November till February

It didn't rain at all in March this year 2019 in Thiruvananthapuram unlike the same time last year. The days and nights have been much hotter too this year. Yet the lily with the luminescent flowers Proiphys amboinensis flowered throughout January and February this year unlike last year. The flowering which began with the November rains in 2018 continued till February this year. The fragrance and the luminosity of the flowers remained the same throughout the flowering period from November till February.

With the shortage of water this year, rice water which is the left over from the cooking of rice was used for watering the plants. Could it have been the rice water which caused this continuous flowering?

 Proiphys amboinensis flowering in February 2019