Hajj pilgrims vaccinated in Mangalore

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August 27, 2013

Mangalore, Aug 27: Hajj pilgrims from the district who would be proceeding on pilgrimage to Makkah and Madinah shortly were inoculated here on Thursday.

Karnataka State Hajj Committee made arrangements for administering the mandatory vaccine for meningitis-brain fever and also for polio drops in association with District Wakf advisory council at Yenepoya Hospital, here.

District Wakf advisory council president H S Usman Haji, Yenepoya Muhammed Kunhi and others were present during the vaccination.

Vaccination certificates of meningitis and oral polio vaccines were issued to them. A checklist for Hajj pilgrims was also given to them to prepare for the pilgrimage. Vaccination of Hajj pilgrims prior to their departure to Mecca had to be done and certificate has to be issued as per requirements.

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The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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