September 13, 2017 12:55 am | Updated 12:55 am IST - VISAKHAPATNAM
A 11-year-old lion ‘Azam’, which was suffering from cerebral babesiosis for the past three years, died at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) here on Tuesday.
Azam, brought from the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, was diagnosed with babesiosis and under treatment of Prof. Jayathangarajan of the Chennai Veterinary College, according to Zoo Curator B. Vijaya Kumar.
Any queries can be had from K. Uma Maheswari, Assistant Curator-I, IGZP, Visakhapatnam on the mobile no. 94408 10213.
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