Top Animal Health Links (May 20-26)

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

General / One Health

Disease carrying ticks are spreading across Ontario. Here’s how to protect yourself

An in-depth article on researchers from Cummings school who are looking into the evolution of avian influenza.

Update on Ontario rabies: After 4 weeks with no new cases, 1 case was found this week in a skunk in Niagara.

Bovine

Larimer County has announced a confirmed case of rabies in a steer – the first case in a mammal other than a skunk this year

Companion Animals

Ticks and Lyme Disease in Ontario Infographic – 2019 Update

A batch of raw pet food produced by the British company Natural Instinct has been identified as the probable cause of a rare outbreak of feline tuberculosis that infected 13 cats last year in the United Kingdom.

Equine

EHV-1 in Arizona: Two Unrelated Cases Confirmed in Maricopa County

Wildlife

The Indianapolis Zoo says their 13-year-old male African elephant, Kedar, has tested positive for Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV).