Top Animal Health Links This Week (Jul 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 / One Health

There have been more than 100 cases of the tick-borne illness Anaplasmosis reported in a New York county since May

Updated Ontario Rabies Map – 2 new cases this week, occurring in 2 raccoons from Hamilton

Bees

York study takes on ‘controversy’ over honey bee declines and pesticide use – feat OAHN’s Drs. Zayed and Raine

Bovine

USDA Detects a Case of Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Alabama

Companion Animals

New Podcast: “Managing Risk with Raw Food Diets from an Infectious Disease Perspective with Dr. Scott Weese”

Equine

Equine West Nile Virus Threat Remains, from The Horse

Swine

Canada confirms 45 PEDV positive sites

Secure Pork Supply plan will help America’s pig farmers respond quickly and successfully to a major threat

Wildlife

Mountain gorillas have herpes virus similar to that found in humans – may hold clues for conservation

Bats have potential to host avian and human influenza viruses, study shows

Macaque study heightens concerns about human susceptibility to CWD

Deadly bird infection continues to spread in Atlantic Canada