Top Animal Health Links (Apr 15-21)

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 / One Health

Updated Ontario rabies map for last week

Companion Animals

Potentially Deadly Tapeworm More Widespread in Ontario Than Thought, U of G Research Finds

The 2019 tick season has begun! Check out what’s new this year for Pets and Ticks

First reported UK case of likely dog-to-dog transmission of leishmaniosis

Equine

The CFIA has update the premises that have been affected by Equine Infectious Anemia, by province

OAHN Equine Network’s infographic on equine herpes myeloencephalopathy covers prevention, risk, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, and reducing the spread

Poultry

USDA confirms virulent Newcastle disease in Arizona

Small Ruminants

Q4 2018 Small Ruminant Producer report:

•Importance of Working-Up Abortion Cases
•Use of Antibiotics to Control Abortions
• Vaccine Options for Preventing Abortions
• Case Report: Listeriosis in a Dairy Goat Herd
• More

Swine

Distribution of pathogenic Streptococcus suis strains in the U.S.

Wildlife

Carbamate insecticide toxicity in a coyote in Ontario

A Dozen Dolphins Have Beached Themselves, Showing The Deadly Hallmark of Alzheimer’s