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News/Disease Alerts

18 Mar , 2025

Rabid fox detected in far northern Ontario, February 2025

In late February 2025, a case of Arctic fox variant rabies was detected in a red fox in far northern Ontario. Arctic fox variant rabies is endemic across arctic and sub-arctic habitats in Canada, so this finding is not surprising.  The last confirmed case of arctic fox variant rabies in northern Ontario was detected in …

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10 Sep , 2024

Veterinary Advisory: Update on Wildlife Rabies in Ontario

Veterinary advisory released by OMAFA on September 10, 2024.

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5 Jun , 2023

Ontario Rabies Update - May 31, 2023 - 1 New Case

One new case of rabies detected this week (May 31, 2023) in a skunk in Niagara (St. Catharines). We are currently at 523 cases of raccoon strain (472 expired and 51 active) and 21 cases of fox strain rabies (21 expired) in Ontario to date, since December 2015. Annual Summaries 2023 County Raccoon Skunk Fox Cat Bovine Dog Total Brant 0 …

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Disease Resources

Fact Sheet: Bovine Anaplasmosis

How anaplasmosis is recognized, tested, and handled in Ontario.

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How to Benchmark Antimicrobial Drug Usage Rates for your Clinic

This visual step-by-step guide was created to help veterinarians, technicians and clinic managers assess antimicrobial drug usage rates for their clinics.

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Animal Health Resources

Bovine Brucellosis Abortion Screening Pilot Project

Communication from the CFIA regarding a pilot project to improve Canada’s bovine brucellosis surveillance.

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