Top Animal Health Links This Week (Apr 17-23)

To help you stay on top of animal health and disease news, we are posting our top links of the week, which will direct you to important information and discussions around animal health. Below, please find the 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

Latest Ontario Rabies Map – 4 new cases found last week: 2 raccoons in Niagara, 1 raccoon and 1 skunk in Burlington

Companion Animals

Dr. Andrew Peregrine and Jonathon Kotwa discuss how Echinococcus multilocularis is spread and who can host it

Dogs can also be affected by ticks: Learn about the risks of Lyme disease and where in Canada you are at risk.

FIV, a common cat disease, can be easily prevented. An outbreak recently occurred in BC

Equine

What is Your Horse’s Fecal Egg Count Telling You?

Look at common internal parasites and learn about drug resistance and how to control certain worms.

Swine

Great biosecurity tips for 4-H and fair competitors

For swine Producers – Ontario Swine has info about improvements to the Agricultural Information Atlas

The importance of PRRS control and using a combination of diagnostic tools