Top Animal Health Links (Apr 22-28)

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

Latest Ontario Rabies Map – 1 new case of raccoon rabies in one skunk (Hamilton) this week. Updated case numbers to date available here

Companion Animals

Dr. Weese at Worms and Germs has a good summary of the renewed interest in echinococcus multilocularis. He covers the risk to dogs and what dogowners can do.

Antibiotic resistance gene transmitted between pets at a UK animal hospital

Equine

10 Years of Upper Respiratory Diseases in Horses

Poultry

A two-year prospective study of small poultry flocks in Ontario, Canada, part 1: prevalence of viral and bacterial pathogens

Small Ruminants

Caseous lymphadenitis causes big losses in sheep, goats

Wildlife

The disease devastating deer herds may also threaten human health

Hawk Tests Positive for West Nile Virus, Protect Against Mosquitoes

Snuffly porcupines in Nova Scotia: Emergence of skunk adenovirus in a new species

The Comeback of Trumpeter Swans