Top Animal Health Links (Sep 9-15)

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. Click here to view last week’s top animal health links.

Bees

Paul Kozak (provincial apiarist – OMAFRA) and Nuria Morfin (UofG) give an introduction to Varroa Mite Monitoring

Companion Animals

Debating raw diets

Norwegian veterinarians kept struggling over the weekend to find out why so many dogs around Norway have been infected with a potentially fatal illness

Equine

The CAHSS site has all of the details about the 5 cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis found in Ontario in August

With the fall fair and fall horse sale season approaching, it’s important for horse owners to understand Stangles infections and steps you can take in prevention, biosecurity and management of this disease.

Want to learn everything you need to know about Strangles?

Fish

A new CE offering for veterinarians on Ornamental Fish Medicine is available from OVMA. Course will run in Jan. 2020. Space is limited!

Poultry

There is an increased risk of AI infection to poultry flocks during fall wild bird migrations.

Swine

Anthrax killed 7 animals in Saskatchewan. Here’s what you need to know about the disease

The Manager of the Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network is raising the alarm with regards to three specific swine diseases, two of which mimic the symptoms of foreign animal diseases.

Wildlife

Fifth straight year of unusually high numbers of seabird fatalities amid warm sea surface temperatures