Ontario Rabies Update for September 12 - 2 new Cases
2 new cases of raccoon rabies in two raccoons (Hamilton and Brantford) this week.
Weekly Disease Surveillance Scan (Sep 10-16)
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Confirmed Case of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy in Simcoe County
Equine disease advisory from OMAFRA
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Ontario Rabies Update for September 12 - 2 new Cases
2 new cases of raccoon rabies in two raccoons (Hamilton and Brantford) this week.
Read MoreWeekly Disease Surveillance Scan (Sep 10-16)
We look at animal disease news and continuing education pieces from the past week, with articles on bees, equine, swine, wildlife, rabies, and more.
Read MoreConfirmed Case of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy in Simcoe County
Equine disease advisory from OMAFRA
Read MoreThe disease, which has no known cure in animals, affects their nervous systems. It can be transmitted between animals through their saliva or through contact with their urine and feces.
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This is the first time CWD, which affects the nervous systems of deer and elk and has no known cure, has been discovered in the province.We have published new Bovine reports after a brief hiatus. Check out the Producer report here, and sign in to access the Veterinary report:
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From the US:
The cat is domesticated but “is known to wander outdoors,” the release said. As of Wednesday morning, the cat was still alive, department spokeswoman Kim Deti said. There are antibiotic treatments available for pets infected with the plague.
The case comes a little over a year after plague was found in prairie dogs in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, the first time the disease popped up there in more than 15 years.
Plague found in Big Horn cat; no human cases reported
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A cat in Big Horn has been confirmed to have been infected with plague, the state Department of Health announced Wednesday."It’s probably not actually a “new” bacterium but rather recognition of a species that we’ve been mixing up with something else, but regardless, a paper in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (yes, that’s an actual journal) describes a new Staphylococcus species, Staphylococcus cornubiensis (Murray et al. 2018)."
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A new Staph on the block | Worms & Germs Blog
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It’s probably not actually a "new" bacterium but rather recognition of a species that we’ve been mixing up with something else, but regardless, a paper inDeadly Pig Virus Found in Wild Boar Near French Border
A deadly pig virus has been found in northwestern Europe for the first time in three decades, putting pork production in the world’s top exporter at further risk at a time when China is also battling the disease.
While the virus so far hasn’t reached Belgian pig farms, it’s the first registered case in the northwestern part of the European Union since 1986, according to Rabobank International.
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