Top Animal Health Links This Week (Aug 28 – Sep 3)

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

Disease-detecting tool could be in livestock producers’ hands by next year. Researchers from UofG developed the tool

Find out what we’ve been up to over the past three months in our Quarterly Update from the AHL Newsletter

Bovine

Cow antibodies could treat everything from autoimmunity to infectious disease

Companion Animals

Our 4-part podcast on Raw Food: We look at raw diets from nutrition and infectious disease perspectives

Excellent scientific journal detailing the spread of Canine Influenza in the US. Great for vets!

Equine

National Farm and Facility Level Biosecurity User Guide for the Equine Sector

Find out how Potomac Horse Fever is spread, diagnosed, and treated

Fish

Check out our latest Aquatic Animal Health Report, featuring info on diseases, provincial and federal updates

Poultry

Researchers at the OVC are studying probiotics as an alternative to traditional antimicrobials

Swine

Interesting piece on the spread of Influenza D: Footprint of influenza D virus in pigs keeps enlarging

Veterinarians- we are posting weekly updates on the PED outbreak on our swine page. You must be logged in to view. Thanks to CSHIN!

New Bat corona-like virus found in swine (in China)

Does your ag fair exhibit swine? New paper chronicles outbreaks of influenza in swine in the US in 2016