Top Animal Health Links This Week (Jun 5-11)

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. If you missed last week’s top links, check them out here.

General

The latest Ontario rabies map – 3 new cases found last week in Hamilton

Government of Canada takes action on antimicrobial resistance

Tick-borne Powassan virus sickens two in midcoast Maine

Bovine

CBC excerpt has a dairy farmer explaining what people don’t understand about how supply management works

Companion Animals

If you’re traveling with pets this summer, read up on the dog flu outbreak in Central Florida

Here are some fact sheets on echinococcus multilocularis from Public Health Ontario

Equine

An Ecotype of Neorickettsia risticii Causing Potomac Horse Fever in Canada

Poultry

Infectious Bronchitis Advisory for Poultry Farmers in Ontario – Find out how it’s spread, clinical signs, and more

New resistance gene found in Salmonella isolated from chickens

Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Linked to Live Poultry in Backyard Flocks, 2017

Swine

Quick ID, Response Limits Risk for Potential for Spread of PED in Manitoba

Don’t Spread Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus When Applying Manure

Wildlife

Girl Pulled Into Water by Sea Lion Treated for ‘Seal Finger’ Infection

White Nose syndrome in bats has been found in Alabama for the first time