cattle, where serum, OP fluid and mouth/foot epithelium (where possible) samples were collected across different stages of infection (acute, convalescent and recovered). Samples were also collected from cattle in the affected herds which were clinically negative at the time of sampling. In total, samples from 66 individual cattle from 12 farms across East Africa were analysed *in situ*. This work comprised eight cattle from two Maasai small holdings from the Mvomero and Morogoro Rural Districts (Morogoro Region, Tanzania, June 2014), 41 cattle from seven small holdings located in the Serengeti District (Mara Region, Tanzania, October 2014) and 17 cattle from three farms in Nakuru County, Kenya (October 2013 and December 2014). Five of the cattle from Serengeti District, Tanzania were sampled on two separate occasions, 6 days apart. Locations were chosenGender, address dilemma for Assam’s third sex in draft NRC

While claims, objections and corrections procedure regarding the final NRC draft, released on July 30, will begin in August, there is no plan in place for transgender persons, whose chosen name and gender remain excluded from the draft.

indiaUpdated: Jul 31, 2018 22:59 IST

HT Correspondent, New Delhi

As per the 2011 census, there are 11,374 transgender persons in Assam, but the number is likely much more, say activists.(AFP/Picture for representation)

At least one community living in Assam finds itself excluded en masse from the final draft of the National Register of Citizens — transgender-identified people. The draft in all excluded four million people.

A 26-year-old transgender woman who lives in Hojai district with her hijra family said her name is in the NRC