Top Animal Health Links This Week (Oct. 19-25)
To help you stay on top of animal health and disease news, we are posting our top links of the week, which will direct you to important information and discussions around animal health. Below, please find the links, broken down by Network. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you want to see the best animal health links on the net every day. Read our guides on how to use Twitter and Facebook for continuing education.
General
Great resource from OMAFRA on Rodent Control in Livestock and Poultry Facilities
Bovine
We have a new #bovine podcast up: Bovine Respiratory Disease: Postmortem Intricacies
Interesting article about using DNA as a baseline for future detection Johne’s disease, BRD and more
Companion Animals
How animal cancer treatments are helping us learn about human cancer
Equine
In the U.S., there will soon be a vaccine available for equine leptospirosis
Learn about the causes, clinical signs, diagnosis, and prevention of Potomac fever in horses
Poultry
Poultry Producers – You can use these screening posters at entry points to barns
Industry Infectious Laryngotracheitis Disease Advisory from the Feather Board Command Centre
From CFIA-Animals: Notice to Industry – Farm Biosecurity During Wild Bird Migration
Small Ruminants
Goat Profitability Workshops are being offered by OntarioGoat in Belleville, Tavistock, and Listowel
Swine
H3N8 Flu Virus Raises Concern as Some Strains Go Undetected in Pigs
More on antimicrobial resistance from The Pig Site
Wildlife