Top Animal Health Links (Feb 11-17)

Below, please find our weekly disease surveillance scan 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

Tracking ticks: Experts say deer ticks are surviving Maine winters

Companion Animals

Multiple people treated for possible rabies in Houston County; 4-month-old stray puppy dead

Are you a veterinarian in Ontario, or a rescue organization in the province involved in the importation of dogs into Canada? Please consider contributing your insights to a survey on current canine importation practices and needs, by Dr. Scott Weese, OVC

Equine

New Podcast: CBCs, Biochems, Endocrine Data and Iron in the Equine Athlete with Drs. Janet Beeler-Marfisi and Alison Moore

The FEI has issued guidelines to the equestrian community to protect horses from and prevent transmission of equine influenza, following confirmed outbreaks of the virus throughout the world since the beginning of the year.

Positive Case of Equine Infectious Anemia Confirmed in Alberta

Horse owners urged to get their animals tested for flu, as experts say outbreak worst for racing since foot and mouth

Three horses at the World Equestrian Center (WEC) in Wilmington, Ohio, U.S.A. have tested positive for equine influenza virus

Poultry

From the US: Worried about their chickens, hundreds crowd Norco meeting on deadly Newcastle disease

Wildlife

Distemper, not rabies, spreading among Toronto raccoons: Officials